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bramble Definition

bram·ble (brambəl)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Rubus) of generally prickly shrubs of the rose family, as the raspberry, blackberry, or dewberry
  2. any prickly shrub or vine

Etymology: ME brembel < OE bræmel < brom, broom

bramble Related Forms
bram·bly adjective
bramble Synonyms

bramble

n.

blackberry, raspberry, brier, thorn, prickle, bur, gorse, furze, thistle sage, nettle, stinging nettle, prickly shrub, thistle, cleavers, shrub, bramble bush, hedge.

bramble Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • overgrow: I t was also reported that overgrown brambles and hedges were also a problem on the roadside.
  • cut: Meet Howard at the motorway bridge where he is cutting back brambles.
  • clear: Work involves helping with the animals, hedging, fencing, clearing brambles & bracken.
  • remove: Can you recommend the best way to remove brambles which are growing in with a box privet hedge please?
  • include: Cetti's Warbler: Likely to be encountered anywhere on the reserve including brambles away from the water.
  • eat: Newly hatched stick insects eat bramble leaves just like the adults.

Adjective modifier

  • thick: The Danes then left the area, flinging Edmund's head into thick brambles nearby.
  • back: Meet Howard at the motorway bridge where he is cutting back brambles.
  • wild: Last night I picked a whole box of blackberries from the wild brambles that grow over the hedge.
  • clear: Clear bramble, make bonfire, plant hedging plants.
  • dead: Links to photographs of your efforts are also very welcome, even piccies of dead brambles.
  • ubiquitous: The ubiquitous brambles have spread thickly along the top.

Modifies a noun

  • thicket: Found in a wide variety of habitats, including gardens, particularly in bramble thickets.
  • bush: For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
  • jelly: There's bramble jelly to be made and bramble and apple crumble to put in the freezer.
  • patch: Over the years a dense bramble patch has developed at the south-facing bank of the hollow, nearest the rock face.
  • fruit: On the palate flavors of black and bramble fruits are balanced by soft tannins and an earthy note with a hint of oak.
  • flower: A specimen was recently swept from bramble flowers at the margin of old woodland.

Noun used with modifier

  • stone: Where grazing has been limited the number of species is higher, with reed canary-grass and stone bramble.
  • clearing: Pegasus can be used for breaking up the soil or clearing brambles and nettles.

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