| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | br sh |
| NOUN: | A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall, from Italian breccia. See breccia.
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