Briar

Quick meaning: Briar is a noun meaning Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

Meaning

Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Anything that is sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
2. Tree heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
3. A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.

Example Sentences

Youngthes folke now flocken in every where, To gather May-buskets and smelling brere

Then he put the insulted pipe in his pocket, corked himself up with the immense briar, and sneered at Cripps over the top of it.

Rov'd far, and gather'd much : some harsh, 't is true, / Pick'd from the thorns and briers of reproof, / But wholesome, well-digested;[…]

¶ And thou ſonne of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their wordes, though bryars and thornes be with thee, and thou doeſt dwell among ſcorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be diſmayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious houſe.

Word Forms

• briars
• brier

Synonyms for briar

Depending on context, synonyms include brier, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier, greenbrier, catbrier.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eglantine, sweetbrier, greenbrier, sweetbriar, brier, catbrier.

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