Brushwood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɹʌʃˌwʊd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Brushwood is a noun meaning Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
Meaning
Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
More Meanings
- Small trees and shrubs.
Example Sentences
Houses had been deserted, and the thick brushwood of the tropics had grown up over everything, obliterating the brief authority of man.
The river above Goet-accord becomes very narrow, being lined on each ſide with impenetrable bruſh-wood, like the river Cottica, between Devil's-Harwar and Patamaca; [...]
Mr. Greenshields was the contractor selected to build the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.
His pupils assemble every evening before his tent; where, by the light of a large fire, made of brushwood and cow’s dung, they are taught a few sentences from the Koran, and are initiated into the principles of their creed.
Word Forms
- brushwoods
Synonyms for brushwood
Depending on context, synonyms include brush, thicket, copse, coppice.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coppice, copse, thicket, brush, shrubwood, branchwood.
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