Meanings
Bramley1
plural Bramleys
- A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.
Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.
Synonyms: Bramley's Seedling
Bramley2
- Any of several places in England:
- A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).
- A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).
- A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).
- A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.
Origin
Bramley · noun
Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.
Full word history & related roots →Bramley · proper noun
- Old Englishbrom“broom”
- EnglishBramley
From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).
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Rhymes with Bramley
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Bramley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bramley
“Bramley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bramley. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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