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View synonyms for brushwood

brushwood

[ bruhsh-wood ]

noun

  1. the wood of branches that have been cut or broken off.
  2. a pile or covering of such branches.
  3. a growth or thicket of densely growing small trees and shrubs.


brushwood

/ ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd /

noun

  1. cut or broken-off tree branches, twigs, etc
  2. another word for brush 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brushwood1

First recorded in 1630–40; brush 2 + wood 1
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Example Sentences

Analyses of charring patterns on her bones and burned sediment surrounding her remains suggest the woman’s body was placed inside the hut just before the brushwood structure was intentionally burned.

Far across the island, faintly sounding through the trees and brushwood, came a similar, answering cry.

Logs and dry brushwood are disposed all round, and the whole is set fire to, and the doors closed.

My driver bestowed upon this tangled brushwood the high-sounding name of jungle.

When communication trenches have been dug and brushwood and rocks flattened out, it will be easier.

Again looking out of the window, I saw them coming back, each man loaded with a mass of brushwood.

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