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UK
/bɹˈeɪntʃaɪld/
]
[ US /ˈbɹeɪnˌtʃaɪɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹeɪnˌtʃaɪɫd/ ]
NOUN
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a product of your creative thinking and work
he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
How To Use brainchild In A Sentence
- Pavilions of Splendour is the brainchild of Gwyn Headley who says the idea was born from a growing demand for unusual properties.
- There was a woman who had to sell her brainchild - baby shampoo - to Tesco.
- The initiative is said to be the brainchild of Downing Street chief of strategy Stephen Carter and is intended to 'humanise' the Prime Minister as his popularity continues to wane. ' John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
- The adonis blue and 20 other butterfly species, including Britain's tiniest butterfly, the small blue, have flown on to "the butterfly haven", a flowery piece of artificial chalk downland, which was the brainchild of the school's environmental science teacher Dan Danahar. Butterfly revival could be threatened by cuts, warns charity
- All over the country, new startups are springing forth, the brainchildren of entrepreneurs who see the recession as an opportunity. Times, Sunday Times
- The restoration project is the brainchild of railway enthusiasts who have already secured two thirds of the 1 million cost. Times, Sunday Times
- The musical is the brainchild of Anthony and Rosalie Calabrese, who together wrote the book, music and lyrics.
- One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Philip W. Anderson - Autobiography
- The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
- However, as the idea is the brainchild of the council's new chairman, it is likely to receive the board's backing.