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brushwood Definition

brush·wood (-wo̵od′)

noun

  1. chopped-off or broken-off tree branches
  2. a thick growth of small trees and shrubs; underbrush; brush

brushwood Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Brush Key gets its name because Dutch engineers used brushwood to divert the mouth of the river out to sea.
  • collect: Now, the women and children do not have to collect brushwood or coal.

Adjective modifier

  • dry: However, a fire could be made by means of the moss and dry brushwood, which covered certain parts of the plateau.

Modifies a noun

  • fence: On the brushwood fence side of the house, you have the veranda outside.
  • fencing: Various methods of wire and brushwood fencing can be used, two of which are shown below.
  • killer: There are some brushwood killers on the market, perhaps your local garden center can advise you.
  • flooring: The bases of the timbers and stakes survive, some to a length of 1.5 meters, along with some brushwood flooring.
brushwood Quotes

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In Englandönow!

—Browning, Robert