shrubbery

shrub·bery | \ ˈshrə-b(ə-)rē

How to pronounce shrubbery (audio)

, especially Southern ˈsrə- \

plural shrubberies

Definition of shrubbery

: a planting or growth of shrubs

Examples of shrubbery in a Sentence

a patch of tangled shrubbery

Recent Examples on the Web After their session, and as the puffer-jacket wearing Kok stepped into a Volkswagen Polo, a hooded figure jumped from the dense shrubbery around the parking lot and fired into the Polo, killing Kok. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, "Encrypted Phones, By Criminals, For Criminals," 24 Oct. 2019 As kids splashed in pools and parents sipped drinks in cabanas in the new Bora Bora lagoon area, legions of workers crawled around the property planting trees and shrubbery and erecting fencing. — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, "Guitar hotel to make its bow as Seminole Hard Rock flexes financial might," 18 Oct. 2019 In the mornings, they can be found slumbering, cooking, or socializing, while their laundry hangs to dry on shrubbery. — Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, "Zambia has 17 million people, a stroke epidemic, and no neurologists," 30 Dec. 2019 To elude an eagle, the monkey must abandon wide-open spaces and seek shelter in dense shrubbery. — Frank T. Mcandrew, The Conversation, "Why we love big, blood-curdling screams," 28 Oct. 2019 Chicken Schnitzel with Loquats: We were astonished to learn just how much interest San Antonio has in loquats, which ripen on area shrubberies in early spring. — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, "The 10 best recipes from the 2019 San Antonio Express-News Taste food section," 24 Dec. 2019 Dense shrubbery inside the park at the Filbert opening was replaced by softer plantings such as lavender. — John King, SFChronicle.com, "Washington Square Park is back — with design tweaks as timeless as North Beach itself," 2 Dec. 2019 Crews are on site at least weekly to maintain the landscape which consists largely of banyan, oak and palm trees as well as shrubbery. — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, "‘It can happen to anybody,’ neighbors say of woman killed by falling branch," 11 Nov. 2019 The path led to a clearing in the dense shrubbery, which had been compressed into a sort of carpet. — cleveland, "Emerald Forest-wind: A story from Write About Now," 19 Nov. 2019

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12 Feb 2020

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“Shrubbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrubbery. Accessed 18 Feb. 2020.

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