Orthopedic device

• "___ yourself" ("This may come as a shock")
• Reinforcement
• Ridiculously bad cabinet minister ultimately a boring tool
• It's supportive
• One with a supporting role?
• A structural member used to stiffen a framework
• Protective knee band

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" two items of the same kind [syn: couple , pair , twosome , twain , span , yoke , couplet , distich , duo , duet , dyad , duad ] a set of two similar things considered ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brace \Brace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracing .] To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. ...

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