kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like

the best brand of coffee.

a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.

a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.

any mark of disgrace; stigma.

branding iron.

a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic

The movie was filled with slapsticka brand of humor he did not find funny.

a burning or partly burned piece of wood.

Archaic . a sword.

to label or mark with or as if with a brand.

to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

to impress indelibly

The plane crash was branded on her mind.

to give a brand name to

branded merchandise.

to promote as a brand name.

noun

cast , character , class , description , grade , make , quality , sort , species , variety , brand name , emblem , hallmark , heraldry , imprint , logo , logotype , marker , sign , stamp , symbol , trademark , welt , bar sinister , black eye , blot , blur , disgrace , infamy , mark , mark of cain , odium , onus , reproach , slur , smirch , spot , stain , stigma , taint , colophon , label , firebrand , kind , name

verb

disgrace , mark , stigmatize , taint , identify , label , tag , trademark