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bushcraft
[ boosh-kraft, -krahft ]
/ ˈbʊʃˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /
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noun Australian.
skill in anything pertaining to bush country, as in finding one's way, hunting, or finding water.
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Words nearby bushcraft
bush broom, bushbuck, bush canary, bush carpenter, bush clover, bushcraft, bushed, bushel, bushelbasket, busheled iron, bushelful
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How to use bushcraft in a sentence
The myth here is assuming that practicing survival and bushcraft skills is good enough to prepare you for a real survival situation—but the truth is that this will not get you very far.
4 survival mistakes you don’t want to make in the wild|Jim Baird/Field & Stream|January 10, 2022|Popular-ScienceI was in a hole, that I knew, and I should require all my bushcraft to get out of it.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion|G. Hamilton-BrowneI had also tried to teach the new chums some simple facts in bushcraft.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion|G. Hamilton-BrowneThey are notorious for two things—their pluck and their awful bad bushcraft.
British Dictionary definitions for bushcraft
bushcraft
/ (ˈbʊʃˌkrɑːft) /
noun
Australian and NZ ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
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