bushveld

noun

bush·​veld ˈbu̇sh-ˌfelt 

: veld of southern Africa with abundant shrubby and often thorny vegetation

Examples of bushveld in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not oak or beech, rather trees of the highveld around Johannesburg and of the bushveld slightly farther away. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

There’s an entire bushveld chorus that most people miss out on. — Richard Holmes, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2021

Once this bushveld stretched wild over half of the country, but today it has been largely partitioned off and contained behind tall fences. — Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

partial translation of Afrikaans bosveld, from bos bush + veld

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bushveld

• barrelled
• beheld
• chiselled
• compelled
• dispelled
• excelled
• expelled
• handheld
• impelled
• marvelled
• misspelled
• modelled