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briarwood

briarwood

1 9.1
Wood from the root of a Mediterranean bush that people use to make tobacco pipes
  • noun
  • /ˈbraɪərˌwʊd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : madera de brezo
  • "And the man, he carried him to the briarwood patch.
  • briarwood patch

Examples

  • A security guard is dead after a robbery turned violent in Briarwood Mall.

    The Company You Keep (2012)

  • - Okay, I'm from Briarwood.

    Hustlers (2019)

  • And even though I was moved one more time to Briarwood Christian School...

    Blog text (31)

  • That briarwood had been about as high as his head.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • After I left briarwood, i went to Florida.

    5150 (2016)

  • Dem briarwood stick me up!

    Fiction book (1998)

  • " So he takes the rabbit and throws him in the briarwood patch.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • "Say, Ber Rabbit, I gon' throw you in that briarwood patch.'

    Fiction book (1998)

  • 334 Briarwood Court.

    We Take the Low Road (2019)

  • Many artisan pipe makers prefer using briarwood because of its durability and heat resistance.

Synonyms

brierwood
vsbriarwood
  • Specialized
9.9

Dense hard wood from a shrub root used to make tobacco pipes

is the same material but follows the standard spelling without the e
brier-wood
vsbriarwood
  • Specialized
9.9

Wood from the hard root of a small bush used to make smoking pipes

is the same term but written as one unhyphenated word
briarroot
vsbriarwood
  • Specialized
9.9

The hard woody root of a briar plant used to make smoking pipes

focuses on its prized heat resistance and hardness for pipe making
briar root
vsbriarwood
8.1

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

is narrower and prized for pipe making because of heat resistance

Surface Forms

briarwood singular
briarwoods plural

Morphology

briarwood = briar + wood (transparent) = briar + wood

Meaning is a straightforward compound of 'briar' + 'wood' meaning the wood from the briar plant.

Etymology

Briarwood is made of briar + wood, where briar means a 'thorny bush'. Craftsmen used the hard root-wood of certain Mediterranean briars to make tobacco pipes, so briarwood now means the special, heat-resistant wood used for pipes.