bracken

[ brak-uhn ]

/ ˈbræk ən /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR bracken ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.

a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.

Origin of bracken

1275–1325; Middle English braken<Scandinavian; compare Swedish bräken fern, Norwegian brake juniper

OTHER WORDS FROM bracken

brackened, adjective

Words nearby bracken

brachytherapy, brachyuran, brachyurous, bracing, braciola, bracken, bracket, bracket clock, bracket creep, bracket foot, bracket fungus

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Example sentences from the Web for bracken

Tall trees interlaced their branches overhead and the ground was carpeted with fern and bracken.
The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson|Laura Dent Crane
A myriad rabbits were diving madly into the bracken on every side.
The White Blackbird|Hudson Douglas
Brambles were heavy with blue-black berries, and the bracken was battered and brown on the steep hill-side.
The Beth Book|Sarah Grand
The men who take part in the lonely trade live in rude huts in the woods, thatched with heather and bracken.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson

Bracken's chauffeur lay senseless by the roadside, and one of the "detectives" sat in his seat.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow|George Barr McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for bracken

bracken

/ (ˈbrækən) /

noun

Also called: brake any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum, having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems

a clump of any of these ferns

Word Origin for bracken

C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken, Danish bregne

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

单词	bracken
释义	bracken [ brak-uhn ] / ˈbræk ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bracken ON THESAURUS.COM noun a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum. a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs. Origin of bracken 1275–1325; Middle English braken<Scandinavian; compare Swedish bräken fern, Norwegian brake juniper OTHER WORDS FROM bracken brackened, adjective Words nearby bracken brachytherapy, brachyuran, brachyurous, bracing, braciola, bracken, bracket, bracket clock, bracket creep, bracket foot, bracket fungus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bracken Tall trees interlaced their branches overhead and the ground was carpeted with fern and bracken. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson\|Laura Dent Crane A myriad rabbits were diving madly into the bracken on every side. The White Blackbird\|Hudson Douglas Brambles were heavy with blue-black berries, and the bracken was battered and brown on the steep hill-side. The Beth Book\|Sarah Grand The men who take part in the lonely trade live in rude huts in the woods, thatched with heather and bracken. Poachers and Poaching\|John Watson Bracken's chauffeur lay senseless by the roadside, and one of the "detectives" sat in his seat. The Daughter of Anderson Crow\|George Barr McCutcheon British Dictionary definitions for bracken bracken / (ˈbrækən) / noun Also called: brake any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum, having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems a clump of any of these ferns Word Origin for bracken C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken, Danish bregne 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 Words related to bracken thicket, scrub, shrubbery, undergrowth, grove, cover, coppice, hedge, copse, dingle, sedge, underwood, brushwood, fern, gorse, spinney, chaparral, boscage
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bracken

noun

Origin of bracken

OTHER WORDS FROM bracken

Words nearby bracken

Example sentences from the Web for bracken

British Dictionary definitions for bracken

noun

Word Origin for bracken

Words related to bracken