brier-wood

9.9

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

noun

Specialized

: madera de brezo

The craftsman carved a beautiful pipe from brier-wood for his collection.

Examples

Many smokers prefer brier-wood pipes because they are durable and heat-resistant.
In the shop window, several brier-wood pipes were displayed among other smoking accessories.
The artisan carved the pipe from brier-wood.
Many tobacco pipes are made of brier-wood.
In the shop window, several brier-wood pipes were displayed among other smoking accessories.
Many smokers prefer brier-wood pipes because they are durable and heat-resistant.
The craftsman carved a beautiful pipe from brier-wood for his collection.

Synonyms

briarwood

vsbrier-wood

Specialized

1 9.1

Wood from the root of a Mediterranean bush that people use to make tobacco pipes

is the general term without regional or quality emphasis

briarroot

vsbrier-wood

Specialized

9.9

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

is the same meaning but written in a different form

brierwood

vsbrier-wood

Specialized

9.9

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

is the same wood but without stressing density

briar root

vsbrier-wood

8.1

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

focuses on pipe use rather than broader craft uses

Antonyms

softwood

3 3.7

Wood from trees like pine and fir that is softer and easy to cut

Surface Forms

brier-wood singular

brier-woods plural

Morphology

brier-wood = brier + wood (transparent) = brier + wood

A straightforward compound meaning 'wood from the brier'; the sense is directly derived from its components.

Etymology

Brier-wood comes from brier (also spelled briar), a word for a 'thorny bush', because the hard root of that bush makes strong, heat‑resistant wood used for tobacco pipes; so brier-wood means the special wood from that shrub, often used to make pipes.