brawn
noun
[ brɔːn ]
• physical strength in contrast to intelligence.
• "commando work required as much brain as brawn"
Similar:
physical strength,
muscle,
muscles,
muscular strength,
muscularity,
brawniness,
burliness,
huskiness,
robustness,
toughness,
powerfulness,
might,
mightiness,
lustiness,
beef,
beefiness,
thew,
• meat from a pig's or calf's head that is cooked and pressed in a pot with jelly.
• "a slice of brawn"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French braon ‘fleshy part of the leg’, of Germanic origin; related to German Braten ‘roast meat’.
