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View synonyms for briar

briar

1

[ brahy-er ]

noun



briar

2

[ brahy-er ]

noun

briar

1

/ ˈbraɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of brier 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


briar

2

/ ˈbraɪə /

noun

  1. Also calledtree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea , of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)
  2. a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈbriary, adjective
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Other Words From

  • briar·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of briar1

C19: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus , of Gaulish origin
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Example Sentences

On, ever on, in the darkness and the mire, through clumps of whin and stray bushes of wild briar.

Unmistakably, up from the paper rose the strong, vivid scent—of a briar-wood pipe.

All England hath paid his taxes with my patrimony: I was a sheep that left my wool on every briar.

He loiters with the briar rose,— The blue-belles are his play-fellows,That dance upon their slender stem.

My coat was torn on a briar; I fired my gun at a crow as I went over the fields to my cottage.

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