Dictionary.com
definitions

underbrush

[ uhn-der-bruhsh ]
/ ˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ /
|
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR underbrush ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.

RELATED WORDS

thicket, coppice, bush, brake, brush, copse, underwood, brushwood, boscage, boskage, understory

Nearby words

  1. underbite,
  2. underbodice,
  3. underbody,
  4. underboss,
  5. underbred,
  6. underbudgeted,
  7. underbuy,
  8. undercapitalize,
  9. undercard,
  10. undercarriage
Also un·der·bush [uhn-der-boo sh] /ˈʌn dərˌbʊʃ/.

Origin of underbrush

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; under- + brush2
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for underbrush

British Dictionary definitions for underbrush

underbrush

underbush

/ (ˈʌndəˌbrʌʃ) /

noun

mainly US and Canadian undergrowth
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

Word Origin and History for underbrush

underbrush

n.

"shrub and small trees in a forest," 1775, from under + brush (n.2). Originally American English; cf. undergrowth, attested in the same sense from 1600.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper