hedgerow

[ hej-roh ]

/ ˈhɛdʒˌroʊ /

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noun

a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.

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Origin of hedgerow

before 950; Middle English; Old English heggerewe.See hedge, row¹

Words nearby hedgerow

hedge laying, hedge mustard, hedge nettle, hedge one's bets, hedger, hedgerow, hedge-school, hedge sparrow, hedging, hedgy, Hedin

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How to use hedgerow in a sentence

At night, the team knocked dozens of species from roadside hedgerows or swept up larvae from grasses, catching nearly 2,500 caterpillars.
Streetlights, especially super bright LEDs, may harm insect populations|Jonathan Lambert|August 31, 2021|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.
Streetlights, especially super bright LEDs, may harm insect populations|Jonathan Lambert|August 31, 2021|Science News
This might include planting hedgerows or bushes to create more varied landscapes.
Around the world, birds are in crisis|Alison Pearce Stevens|December 3, 2020|Science News For Students
This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|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.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Then searching in and out the hedgerow for favourite seeds, and singing, singing all the while, verily a 'song without an end.'
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies
The pond by the hedgerow was sealed with ice, and he suffered much from the lack of his customary food.
Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees
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.
Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees
Disappointed, the fox turned towards the uplands and crossed the hedgerow into the nearest stubble.
Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees

British Dictionary definitions for hedgerow

hedgerow

/ (ˈhɛdʒˌrəʊ) /

noun

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

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