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brushwood

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brush·wood  (brshwd)
n.
1. Branches that have been cut or broken off.
2.
a. Dense undergrowth.
b. An area covered by such growth.

brushwood [ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) cut or broken-off tree branches, twigs, etc
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) another word for brush2 [1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brushwood - the wood from bushes or small branches; "they built a fire of brushwood"
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2.brushwoodbrushwood - a dense growth of bushes            
botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
brake - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
canebrake - a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane)
spinney - a copse that shelters game
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
Translations
brushwood [ˈbrʌʃwʊd] Nmaleza f, monte m bajo; (= faggots) → broza f, leña f menuda
brushwood [ˈbrʌʃwʊd] nbroussailles fpl, taillis m
brushwood [ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd] n (undergrowth) → sottobosco; (cuttings) → rami mpl tagliati
brushwood [ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd] n (undergrowth) → sottobosco; (cuttings) → rami mpl tagliati


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Finally we pulled the boats up among the brushwood and spent the night on the bank of the river.
In the centre of that open space where he had caused the Boers to be fallen upon he had built up a great pyre of wood--brushwood beneath, and on top of the brushwood logs, and even whole trees.
Hansel and Gretel gathered brushwood together, as high as a little hill.
 
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