Thesaurus results for CHAPARRAL

chaparral

noun

ˌsha-pə-ˈral

Definition of chaparral

as in grove

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the rabbit darted into the chaparral

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Recent Examples of chaparral Readers also can tell with a glance whether the risk of wildfires is rising or falling, data that is of special interest to people who live in areas close to highly flammable chaparral. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy. — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026 That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph. — Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025 It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush. — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chaparral

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The Ziz Valley is a beautiful river canyon and is home to one of the largest palm groves, which winds along the canyon.

— Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Realtor Bonnie Willis said the Badger proposal would fit in well with existing 159th Street businesses, including a storage facility, an Amish furniture store, gas station, landscaping companies, a church and picnic grove.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of grove

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The stewards of the forest About 100 miles northwest of the Tahoe Basin, lower down in the foothills, survivors of the epic 2018 Camp fire that destroyed the town of Paradise have a very different relationship with forest stewards.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Meanwhile, in a nearby forest a group of local hunters, including Sung-ki (Zo In-sung), set out to track the beast themselves.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 July 2026

Definition of forest

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The new ones appear reassuringly sturdy, even without the thicket of cross-braces that typically fence off the sidewalk from the street.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026
The answer appears to be that, while such a pathway may be possible, hacking it through the thicket of health care economics and politics would require dozens — or even hundreds — of difficult choices.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 June 2026

Definition of thicket

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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, 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

Definition of brushwood

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

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

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2026
The semi-truck driver tried to change lanes to avoid the Jeep, but Tran maneuvered the car in front of the truck a third time and brake-checked him again.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

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