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twig

 
 
pronunciation:
twIg
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part of speech: noun
definition: a small branch of a tree or shrub.
 
similar words:
stick
derivations: twigless (adj.), twiglike (adj.)
Word History
Twig comes from an Old English word that means "something divided in two."
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  tree