underbrush
The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forestThe small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
» Tom moved into the underbrush.
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
Unterholz
подле́сокpodlésok
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
Examples
11 sentencesTom moved into the underbrush.
The centipede scurried through the dense underbrush.
Fyodor heard the hyena moving through the underbrush.
Ziri cleared the underbrush.
They cleared the underbrush.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: underbrushes| Singular | underbrush |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonyms- the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest:undergrowthunderwood
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.