hedgerow

[ hej-roh ]

noun

1. a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.

hedgerow

/ ˈhɛdʒˌrəʊ /

noun

1. a hedge of shrubs or low trees growing along a bank, esp one bordering a field or lane

Word History and Origins

Origin of hedgerow¹

before 950; Middle English; Old English heggerewe. See hedge, row ¹

Example Sentences

At night, the team knocked dozens of species from roadside hedgerows or swept up larvae from grasses, catching nearly 2,500 caterpillars.

From Science News

Hedgerows under bright LED lights contained 52 percent fewer caterpillars than dark sections, while areas under duller sodium lamps housed 41 percent fewer.

From Science News

This might include planting hedgerows or bushes to create more varied landscapes.

From Science News For Students

This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.

From The Daily Beast

He must soon, he thought, be getting near the opening at the Stone-pits: he should find it out by the break in the hedgerow.

From Project Gutenberg

Then searching in and out the hedgerow for favourite seeds, and singing, singing all the while, verily a 'song without an end.'

From Project Gutenberg

The pond by the hedgerow was sealed with ice, and he suffered much from the lack of his customary food.

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Soon the haze lifted, leaving the dew thick on the grass by the ditch, and on the moss and the ivy in the hedgerow bank.

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Disappointed, the fox turned towards the uplands and crossed the hedgerow into the nearest stubble.

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Related Words

• fence
• shrubbery