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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bram•bling (bram′bling),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsan Old World finch, Fringilla montifringilla, the male of which is black and white with a reddish-brown breast.
- 1560–70; earlier bramlin (bram- (variant of broom) + -lin -ling1); akin to German Brämling
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brambling /ˈbræmblɪŋ/ n - a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
bram•ble /ˈbræmbəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya prickly shrub of the rose family.
- Plant Biologyany rough, prickly shrub.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bram•ble (bram′bəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. - Plant Biologyany prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
- British Termsthe common blackberry.
- Plant Biologyany rough, prickly shrub, as the dog rose.
v.i. - British Termsto look for and gather wild blackberries;
pick blackberries from the vine.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English bræmbel, variant of brǣmel, equivalent. to brǣm- (cognate with Dutch braam broom) + -el noun, nominal suffix
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bramble /ˈbræmbəl/ n - any of various prickly herbaceous plants or shrubs of the rosaceous genus Rubus, esp the blackberry
- Scot a blackberry
- any of several similar and related shrubs
Etymology: Old English brǣmbel; related to Old Saxon brāmal, Old High German brāmoˈbrambly adj |