Definition of hedgerow
: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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Known for her organic-looking plaster sculptures that can appear to be simultaneously eroding and growing, Ms. Al-Hadid is making two 14-foot-tall lacy wall fragments framed by hedgerows that create an outdoor room visitors can enter.
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Council members will also discuss a fence at Toddler Park, with options for the fence including choices of boxwood hedgerow, steel tube fencing and aluminum fencing.
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My first afternoon, on a walk across miles of old hedgerows, a gypsy mutt chased me across the grass, smiling at me, nipping my heels and waiting for the game to start again.
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Protective channels were created where hedgerows existed between open fields.
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Yellow-marshy camo clothing won't match an evergreen hedgerow.
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There’s a hedgerow garden that includes moss gardens and flower pots, and there’s a cactus and succulent garden.
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Ellis followed directions to the spot and crossed a field punctuated by hedgerows.
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If surfers, fishermen and retirees are upset over this dune project, imagine what could happen when the corps’ work reaches the hedgerows of the financiers and philanthropists farther west.
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First Known Use of hedgerow
before 12th century
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Definition of hedgerow for English Language Learners
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: a row of shrubs or trees that form the boundary of an area
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Definition of hedgerow for Students
: a row of shrubs or trees around a field
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