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shrubbery

shrubbery

11 3.4
An area in a garden or park where small bushes grow together
  • noun
  • /ˈʃrʌbəri/
translation icon : seto
  • The grasslands and shrubbery were excellent for grazing cattle and goats.
  • trees and shrubbery
  • lawns and shrubbery

So I hid in the in the in the shrubbery.

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Examples

  • In and out among the shrubbery, they followed the carefully planned route to the ivy-covered walls.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Then you must bring it here beside this shrubbery.

  • Birds were busy in the shrubbery, and the air gave promise of a warm summer day to come.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Did the woman you saw fleeing pass anywhere near that shrubbery?

  • You know you were seen by two of the maids talking to her in the shrubbery.

  • A fat, white cat dodges into the shrubbery when he sees me.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Something rustled in the shrubbery at the far side of the lawn.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • There were patches of shrubbery here and there, and not so much barrenness.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Tanu spent most of his time alone with his flowers and shrubbery, trellises, and hedges.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The garden featured a lovely shrubbery with colorful flowers planted alongside the paths.

How Bushy

thicket
22 5.1
shrubbery
11 3.4
flowerbed
5 1.0
lawn
464 1.0

Surface Forms

shrubbery singular
shrubberies plural

Morphology

shrubbery = shrub (transparent) = shrub + ery

The suffix '-ery' denotes a place related to the root, making the meaning clear as a place where shrubs are grown.

Etymology

Shrubbery comes from shrub meaning 'small bush' and the ending -ery meaning 'a place or group', like in bakery or nursery. So a shrubbery is a part of a garden where shrubs are grown together, often to make the garden look nice.