Thesaurus results for BRUSHWOODS

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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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

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Another attendee, 28-year-old Jerard Jackson, was reported missing after the festival, July 29, and his body was later found in the woods nearby.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
The route winds slowly uphill through thick woods, then reaches the iconic Horseshoe Curve, where the tracks bend sharply around the mountainside in a massive horseshoe shape.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026

Definition of woods

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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
The Texas case made its way to the US Supreme Court, which ruled in Texas's favor in late June 2025, putting the brakes on the other cases.

— Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026

Definition of brakes

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Jaen city and surrounding Olive groves and trees, Jaen is known as the Olive Oil capital producing around 25% of global supply and over half of Spain's olive oil production.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
In the winter of 2021-22, the western monarch community experienced a surge of relief as butterflies once again swarmed to the pine and eucalyptus groves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of groves

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New satellite missions and increasingly sophisticated mapping techniques continue improving scientists’ understanding of global forests every year.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Over 800 wildfires are burning through forests in Canada, creating heavy smoke that could potentially affect millions of Americans this week.

— Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of forests

Noun

By Todd Woody, Bloomberg On a warm summer morning, two fire officials navigate an SUV along a narrow road that switchbacks high into the hills above the town of Fairfax, California, where thickets of trees conceal hundreds of homes.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026

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