canebrake

noun

cane·​brake ˈkān-ˌbrāk 

: a thicket of cane

Examples of canebrake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length. — Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022

The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over. — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019

Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin. — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019

This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line. — Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for canebrake

• overtake
• rattlesnake
• shiitake
• undertake
• wapentake
• ache
• ake
• bake
• brake
• break
• cake
• craik

Kids Definition

canebrake

noun

cane·​brake ˈkān-ˌbrāk 

: a thicket of cane