canebrakes

noun

plural of canebrake
as in brakes

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  1. brakes
  2. chaparrals
  3. thickets
  4. woods
  5. forests
  6. woodlands
  7. copses
Noun
  • New rules for e-bikes could be coming to Fort Lauderdale, but at least one commissioner wants to pump the brakes on the plan — and so far, she’s outnumbered.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Estrogen puts the brakes on the demo crew by capping how much gets torn down and keeps the building crew ramped up to finish the rebuild.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of brakes
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
  • 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
Noun
  • The dog was sitting on the far side, at the edge of the woods, looking at him reproachfully.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Focusing instead on waterholes or funnels in the woods that might lead to food.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of woods
Noun
  • Lange said preserving forests around reservoirs helps keep drinking water clean while reducing treatment costs for cities and towns.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The initiative pays developing countries to keep forests standing but has struggled to secure an initial $10 billion by year’s end.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • But tyrannosaurs have not thrived among these wet woodlands of prehistoric Utah just by bringing each other gifts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Robinson adds that Eagles Mere is a great base camp for exploring the nearby Loyalsock State Forest, which encompasses over 100,000 acres of woodlands.
    — Kristin Granero, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of woodlands
Noun
  • The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of copses
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