brushwoodnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbrʌʃ.wʊd/us/ˈbrʌʃ.wʊd/also brushsmall branches that have broken off from trees and bushes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- copse
- cut sth down
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logger
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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Examples from literature
- It was hidden behind a wall made with mud from the lake, and protected on the top by thorny brushwood.
- The St. John bonfire was not a religious ceremony, but its character lifted it above the ordinary burning of brushwood at night.
- The forest was full of fallen brushwood, as dry as tinder, and Henry helped gather it.
- The sparks were allowed to fall on tinder and fanned into a flame, with which the dry brushwood was kindled.
- There he saw a man coming down from the wood, leading a horse laden with bundles of brushwood.