brushwoods

noun

plural of brushwood
as in bushes
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 Synonyms for brushwoods
  1. chaparrals
  2. woods
  3. brakes
  4. groves
  5. forests
  6. thickets
Noun
  • An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of chaparrals
Noun
  • In an elaborate fairy-tale takeoff, Homer abandons Bart and Lisa in the middle of the woods to help solve the family’s food-shortage problem.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Until this day in the woods, Dad, too, had treated my weight as her problem.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of woods
Noun
  • Rival urban commuters often cross the $1,500 threshold when fitted with hydraulic brakes and advanced torque sensors so Lectric’s US$1,099 price tag is head-turning.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
  • According to the call log, a witness told police a vehicle was traveling at a high speed, suddenly hit the brakes and went off the roadway, down an embankment.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of brakes
Noun
  • Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But that yield is reliant on farmers being able to access and harvest their groves.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of groves
Noun
  • Selective harvesting can help restore kelp forests, Salomon says, but doing so effectively requires sustained effort.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the breaks stood forests of giant kelp, each capable of growing as much as 50 centimeters a day.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • The original computers were essentially thickets of light bulbs.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of thickets
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“Brushwoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushwoods. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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