name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
bramble
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/ˈbɹæm.bəl/
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[ˈbɹɛəm.bəl] /æ/ raising
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[ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩] /æ/ raising
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rhymes with -æmbəl
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CMU ARPABET: B R AE1 M B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any thorny shrub.
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noun
Meaning 4
A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
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noun
Meaning 5
The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
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Usage: Scotland
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Synonyms: blackberry, brambleberry
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noun
Meaning 6
A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
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Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 7
To pick or collect blackberries from brambles.
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noun
Meaning 8
any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: bramble bush
History
Etymology
From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kukferrë — any thorny shrub
- Catalan: esbarzer — any thorny shrub
- Catalan: albarzer — any thorny shrub
- Catalan: barsa — any thorny shrub
- Catalan: romeguera — any thorny shrub
- Finnish: vatukka — any thorny shrub
- Hebrew: סְנֶה (sne) — any thorny shrub
- Marathi: काटेरी झुडूप (kāṭerī jhuḍūp) — any thorny shrub
- Polish: jeżyna — any thorny shrub
- Spanish: zarza — any thorny shrub
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