Synonyms of brushwood

brushwood

noun

ˈbrəsh-ˌwu̇d 

as in thicket

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush

cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thicket
• forest
• copse
• coppice
• grove
• bush
• chaparral
• brake
• wood
• tangle
• jungle
• bosk
• bosquet
• brush
• woodland
• bramble
• hedge
• boscage
• scrub
• canebrake
• covert
• scrubland
• stand
• woodlot
• greenwood
• wildwood

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brushwood

Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth. — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground. — Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands. — Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022

To prove it, a model fort wall was built, with a huge pile of brushwood leaning against it. — National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2016