bramble
any prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
British. the common blackberry.
any rough, prickly shrub, as the dog rose.
British. to look for and gather wild blackberries; pick blackberries from the vine.
Origin of bramble
1Words Nearby bramble
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How to use bramble in a sentence
We lost the sense of mindful intention that comes with changing out of loungewear and into bottoms built not for comfort but for standing up to the rocks and brambles of the outdoors—or for going to an office.
They found holes in a wall of thick brambles, and splashed through streams.
‘The Mozart of fungi’: For ages, truffle hunting has been one of the most challenging pursuits on earth. Then the pandemic hit | Bernhard Warner | December 12, 2020 | FortunePolice speculate she traveled almost one mile through bramble before she died.
Shannan Gilbert Body Likely Found, New York Police Say | Christine Pelisek | December 13, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTWeed-grown, bramble-infested fields lay cleared of dbris, that had been gathered into heaps and burned.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondAs she listened, there flitted through her mind the vision of Liff Hyatt's muddy boot coming down on the white bramble-flowers.
Summer | Edith Wharton
But in Shakespeare's time it was evidently confined to the Blackberry-bearing bramble.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeI here join together the tree and the fruit, the bramble (Rubus fruticosus) and the Blackberry.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeThey made the thorn to spring up where the fir-tree had flourished, and the bramble instead of the myrtle tree.
The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
British Dictionary definitions for bramble
/ (ˈbræmbəl) /
any of various prickly herbaceous plants or shrubs of the rosaceous genus Rubus, esp the blackberry: See also stone bramble
Scot
a blackberry
(as modifier): bramble jelly
any of several similar and related shrubs
to gather blackberries
Origin of bramble
1Derived forms of bramble
- brambly, adjective
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