bramble

[bram-buhl]

noun

1. any prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.

2. British.,  the common blackberry.

3. any rough, prickly shrub, as the dog rose.

verb (used without object)

brambled, brambling 

1. British.,  to look for and gather wild blackberries; pick blackberries from the vine.

bramble

/ ˈbræmbəl /

noun

1. any of various prickly herbaceous plants or shrubs of the rosaceous genus Rubus , esp the blackberry See also stone bramble

2. 1. a blackberry

   2. ( as modifier )

      bramble jelly

3. any of several similar and related shrubs

verb

1. to gather blackberries

Other Word Forms

• brambly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bramble¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English bræmbel, variant of brǣmel, equivalent to brǣm- (cognate with Dutch braam broom ) + -el noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of bramble¹

Old English brǣmbel ; related to Old Saxon brāmal , Old High German brāmo

Example Sentences

He followed a path through the undergrowth, passing old trees and mossy stones and thick brambles, and he stopped in a small clearing.

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Up from the ground emerged native weeds, flowers, woody brambles.

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"They eat brambles like they are having supper."

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Rachel, from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, made a burial shroud for a friend from locally-sourced wool, willow, bramble and ivy, as part of her work as an artist.

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He wears goggles to protect them from brambles and thistles.

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