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brushwood

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈbɹʌʃˌwʊd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Small trees and shrubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dense growth of bushes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brush, coppice, copse, thicket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetation, flora, botany

Narrower terms: brake, canebrake, spinney, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood

4

noun

Meaning 4

the wood from bushes or small branches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they built a fire of brushwood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

History

Etymology

From brush + wood.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ցախ (cʻax) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Old Armenian: խռիւ (xṙiw) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Azerbaijani: çör-çöp — fallen branches and twigs
  • Belarusian: галлё (halljó) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Bulgarian: съчка (sǎčka) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Bulgarian: пръчка (prǎčka) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Catalan: brossa — fallen branches and twigs
  • Chichewa: tchire — fallen branches and twigs
  • Chichewa: thengo — fallen branches and twigs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柴 (chái) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Danish: ris — fallen branches and twigs
  • Dutch: rijshout — fallen branches and twigs
  • Finnish: maapuu — fallen branches and twigs
  • French: brindilles — fallen branches and twigs
  • Galician: broza — fallen branches and twigs
  • Galician: cisco — fallen branches and twigs
  • Galician: fronza — fallen branches and twigs
  • Galician: mato — fallen branches and twigs
  • German: Reisig — fallen branches and twigs
  • Ancient Greek: ῥώψ (rhṓps) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Hungarian: rőzse — fallen branches and twigs
  • Italian: ramaglia — fallen branches and twigs
  • Japanese: 柴 (shiba) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Latin: ramale — fallen branches and twigs
  • Old English: spēc — fallen branches and twigs
  • Polish: chrust — fallen branches and twigs
  • Portuguese: capim — fallen branches and twigs
  • Russian: хво́рост (xvórost) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Russian: вале́жник (valéžnik) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Scottish Gaelic: dlùth-bharrach — fallen branches and twigs
  • Slovak: haluzina — fallen branches and twigs
  • Slovak: chrastie — fallen branches and twigs
  • Spanish: broza — fallen branches and twigs
  • Swedish: ris — fallen branches and twigs
  • Ukrainian: хмиз (xmyz) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Ukrainian: хмизня́к (xmyznják) — fallen branches and twigs
  • Bulgarian: фиданка (fidanka) — small trees and shrubs
  • Bulgarian: издънка (izdǎnka) — small trees and shrubs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 矮林 (ǎilín) — small trees and shrubs
  • Dutch: kreupelhout — small trees and shrubs
  • Finnish: pusikko — small trees and shrubs
  • Finnish: pensaikko — small trees and shrubs
  • Finnish: risukko — small trees and shrubs
  • Galician: matogueira — small trees and shrubs
  • Galician: mato — small trees and shrubs
  • German: Gestrüpp — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: hūru — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: hururua — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: ururua — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: mauwha — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: heu — small trees and shrubs
  • Māori: heuheu — small trees and shrubs
  • Polish: zarośla — small trees and shrubs
  • Portuguese: mato — small trees and shrubs
  • Russian: за́росли (zárosli) — small trees and shrubs
  • Russian: куста́рник (kustárnik) — small trees and shrubs
  • Spanish: sotobosque — small trees and shrubs
  • Swedish: ris — small trees and shrubs
  • Swedish: sly — small trees and shrubs
  • Ukrainian: хмизня́к (xmyznják) — small trees and shrubs
  • Ukrainian: хмиз (xmyz) — small trees and shrubs
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