Meaning

2 senses
  1. A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

    dense shrubbery

    trim the shrubbery

    насаждения кустарникаnasaždenija kustarnika

    an area where a number of shrubs are planted

  2. Shrubs collectively.

    Strauchwerk, Gesträuch

    a collection of shrubs growing together

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A small wicket-gate opened upon a footpath that wound through some shrubbery to the door.

    Маленька хвіртка відкрилася понад стежкою що вилася поміж кущів до самих дверей. — pinaxe

  2. We're all going to be eaten by a monstrous talking shrubbery.

  3. An aviary is a large enclosure for birds, often containing shrubbery and other plants to simulate their natural habitat.

  4. Mary sits on a tree trunk and protects her eyes with her hands. Meanwhile Tom is hiding somewhere in dense shrubbery.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
planting of shrubs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
shrubs collectively:

Forms

plural: shrubberies
Singularshrubbery
Pluralshrubberies

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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