underbrush
11
5.6
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌbrʌʃ/
:
matorral
- We had to navigate through thick underbrush to reach the clearing in the forest.
- clear the underbrush
She has more shoes than you think as I flee into the underbrush.
- She has more shoes than you think as I flee into the underbrush.
Examples
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On both sides, the underbrush rose to my hips, with dead briar and vine maple.
Fiction book (1990) -
After twenty yards, the underbrush and steepness of the hill made it impossible to continue.
Fiction book (1995) -
I want all the underbrush cut down.
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"You just have to clear the underbrush away to find it, to get to the heart of it."
Fiction book (1990) -
There is the sound of someone breathing hidden in the underbrush, and the breathing of the horses.
Fiction book (1997) -
A voice comes screeching through the underbrush, followed by a running boy.
Fiction book (1997) -
The tall trees kept the sunlight from the ground, so the underbrush was small and rarely entangling.
Fiction book (1993) -
So we cut paths with machetes, scramble through thick underbrush, and wonder what we might be missing.
Academic text (2010) -
But at that moment, a snow grouse thundered up out of the underbrush near Rath.
Fiction book (1993) -
To the left rose sheer cliffs; to the right, the underbrush cascaded down to an echoing river.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
61
2.2
A thick group of small trees and bushes
31
8.0
Low bushes and small trees that grow under taller trees in a forest
29
6.2
Low, thick bushes and small trees that grow on dry land
7
3.9
Low plants and bushes that grow under tall trees in a forest
1
5.1
A layer of small trees and plants under taller trees
1
4.7
Low bushes or plants that grow close to the ground in dry areas
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underbrush comes from two simple words: under meaning 'below' and brush meaning 'small bushes'. So underbrush is the low plants and bushes that grow 'below' the tall trees in a forest.