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bracing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bracing has 1 sense
- bracing(n = noun.artifact) brace - a structural member used to stiffen a framework; Array has particulars: crosspiece, gusset, gusset plate, guy, guy cable, guy rope, guy wire, stay, stringer, strut, crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie
is a part of framework
is a kind of reinforcement, strengthener, structural member
Derived form verb brace3
Adjective bracing has 1 sense
- bracing(s = adj.all) brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic - imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
CIDE DICTIONARY
bracing, a.
Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind. [1913 Webster]
bracing, n.
- The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced. [1913 Webster]
- Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
bracing
activating, analeptic, animating, animative, bearing, beneficial, benign, bolstering, brisk, burdened, buttressing, carrying, cheering, chill, chilly, constitutional, cool, coolish, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, good, good for, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, holding, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, invigorative, maintaining, propping, quickening, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, restorative, reviving, roborant, rousing, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, shoring, stimulating, stimulative, strengthening, supporting, supportive, suspensory, sustaining, sustentative, temperate, tonic, upholding, viable, vitalizing, wholesome, zestful, zestyROGET THESAURUS
bracing
Salubrity
N salubrity, healthiness, fine air, fine climate, eudiometer, hygiene, valetudinarian, valetudinarianism, sanitarian, sanitarium, sanitOrium, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome, healthy, healthful, sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious, hygeian, hygienic, innoxious, innocuous, innocent, harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious, sanative, restorative, useful.Refreshment
N refreshment, bracing, recovery of strength, recuperation, restoration, revival, repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait, relief, break, spell, refreshment stand, refreshments, ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food), refreshing, recuperative, refreshed, untired, unwearied.
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