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brushwood
[ bruhsh-wood ]
noun
- the wood of branches that have been cut or broken off.
- a pile or covering of such branches.
- a growth or thicket of densely growing small trees and shrubs.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brushwood1
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Example Sentences
Far across the island, faintly sounding through the trees and brushwood, came a similar, answering cry.
Logs and dry brushwood are disposed all round, and the whole is set fire to, and the doors closed.
My driver bestowed upon this tangled brushwood the high-sounding name of jungle.
When communication trenches have been dug and brushwood and rocks flattened out, it will be easier.
Again looking out of the window, I saw them coming back, each man loaded with a mass of brushwood.
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