Thesaurus results for BRUSHWOOD

brushwood

noun

ˈbrəsh-ˌwu̇d

Definition of brushwood

as in thicket

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed

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Recent Examples of brushwood Phillips found many ways to monetize the estate, even turning brushwood cleared from the courses into paintbrushes. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026 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

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Noun

Slightly west, Sultan-Epe lies beside a deep canyon, where a stream threads through thickets of mulberry, buckthorn, blackberry, and wild herbs—another improbable pocket of green in one of Kazakhstan’s driest regions.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
To follow any of this is to wade through a thicket of non-sequitur arguments, florid vocabulary and, in his latest twist, the Gospels.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of thicket

Noun

That gives camper travelers the ability to drive cleanly and quietly through city centers, around campgrounds and down deep forest roads.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Another mall, Terminal 21, is just one stop away on the SkyTrain, along with Queen Sirikit Convention Center and the lush Benjakitti Park with its elevated Skywalk over an urban forest.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of forest

Noun

The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

— Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020

Definition of coppice

Noun

If space permits, homeowners can recreate a slice of that with a small grove of oaks.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2026
Then, just nine months later, came the collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves near the village of Urda into a scene of carnage.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of grove

Noun

Trees, shrubs, bushes, and hedges add beauty, privacy, and seasonal interest and they can be used in different ways.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026
Meals are prepared in-house and feature seasonal Alaska ingredients, such as Copper River king salmon and low-bush cranberries that the chef team foraged.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of bush

Noun

Native chaparral, the shrubby natural landscapes of the foothills, are becoming stressed and being replaced by grasses and other fire-prone invasive plants.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Stepping on stems is attention-getting, but the result is a wine that echoes the chaparral of the hillsides surrounding the vineyard.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Definition of chaparral

Noun

The biggest tremors were felt in shares of companies tied to the boom in artificial intelligence on concerns that a Democratic Congress will put the brakes on further development of data centers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Apply the brakes if a collision is unavoidable to lessen the force of the crash.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

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