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🌵 A thorny plant 🚬 A tobacco pipe 🌿 A Mediterranean shrub
briar

briar

1 9.3
A tobacco pipe carved from the hard root of a Mediterranean shrub
  • noun
  • /ˈbraɪər/
translation icon : pipa de brezo
  • Meinertzhagen had spoken, with that briar pipe of his locked firmly between his teeth; and I went down, and the train I was riding was ambushed and blown up just a few miles west of Voi.
  • briar pipe

And I'd say, well, time to fire up the old briar.

Examples

  • Quincannon busied himself with his stubby briar and pouch of shag-cut tobacco, filling the air with smoke.

  • Well, you could try sleeping more, reading less, and giving up your briar and your coffee.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Without waiting to be asked, he used his big red hands to fill and tamp a briar pipe with shag tobacco before starting his report.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She opened the stove door and lit a briar pipe with a broomstraw.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "Well?" said Meinertzhagen, the briar pipe clenched tightly between his teeth.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Meinertzhagen, the briar pipe still clenched firmly between his teeth, merely pressed the tips of his fingers together, concentrated on the problem, and looked out toward the glowing horizon with all of the meditative tranquility.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • He pulled out his well-worn briar and packed it with his favorite tobacco.

  • After a long day, he enjoyed a quiet evening with his briar pipe in hand.

Synonyms

briar pipe
vsbriar
9.1

A pipe for smoking tobacco made from the hard root of a shrub

means the same but uses a single-word traditional name

Compounds

briar-patch
  • Informal
1 9.1

A difficult situation with many problems that is hard to leave

briar pipe
9.1

A pipe for smoking tobacco made from the hard root of a shrub

briar root
8.1

Hard wood from a shrub that people use to make tobacco pipes

How Durable

briar
1 9.3
pipe
99 5.5
clay pipe
1 4.4

Surface Forms

briar singular
briars plural

Etymology

Briar for a tobacco pipe comes from the French word bruyère meaning 'heath', the name for the tree heath whose hard roots make good wood. So a briar pipe is a pipe made from that tough, heat-resistant plant.