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brierpatch

brierpatch

9.6
A thick, tangled area of prickly bushes where small animals hide
  • noun
  • /ˈbraɪərˌpætʃ/
  • US
translation icon : matorral espinoso
  • The hikers had to find a way around a thick brierpatch on the trail.

Examples

  • Wild berries often grow in the shelter of a sprawling brierpatch.

  • After escaping, the rabbit hid in a brierpatch to avoid predators.

  • The rabbit hid in the brierpatch.

  • We stumbled upon a thick brierpatch while hiking.

  • The hikers had to find a way around a thick brierpatch on the trail.

  • After escaping, the rabbit hid in a brierpatch to avoid predators.

  • Wild berries often grow in the shelter of a sprawling brierpatch.

Synonyms

brush
vsbrierpatch
  • US
61 2.2

A thick group of small trees and bushes

focuses on wild tangled prickly shrubs rather than general growth
shrubbery
vsbrierpatch
11 3.4

An area in a garden or park where small bushes grow together

describes wild tangled prickly shrubs rather than planted ones
brier patch
vsbrierpatch
  • US
1 8.1

A thick area of prickly bushes that can scratch you

is the same meaning but written as one word

Antonyms

open
18 1.0

An outdoor area with no cover

How Prickly

thorn bush
2 2.9
brierpatch
  • US
9.6
to bramble
1 8.8
thicket
22 5.1
brush
  • US
61 2.2
scrub
29 6.2

Surface Forms

brierpatch singular
brierpatches plural

Morphology

brierpatch = brier + patch (transparent) = brier + patch

The compound literally denotes a patch or area of briers; the meaning follows directly from its components.

Etymology

Brierpatch comes from brier, meaning 'prickly bush', and patch, meaning 'small area'. So a brierpatch is a small, tangled place full of thorny bushes, like where a rabbit might hide or where hikers must go around.