Bramble

Word BRAMBLE
Character 7
Hyphenation bram ble
Pronunciations /ˈbɹæmbəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Bramble"

What do we mean by bramble?

A prickly shrub of the genus Rubus of the rose family, including the blackberry and the raspberry. noun

A prickly shrub or bush. noun

To pick brambles or blackberries.

A name common to plants of the genus Rubus, especially and usually in England the common blackberry, R. fruticosus; occasionally (from these plants being armed with prickles), any rough prickly shrub, as the dogrose, Rosa canina. noun

Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. noun

The brambling or bramble finch. noun

Common blackberry. noun

Any of several closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus, including blackberry and raspberry. noun

Any thorny shrub. noun

A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur. noun

Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines noun

Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.

Any thorny shrub.

A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

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The word "bramble" in example sentences

The lighthouse island was stencilled in bramble-black on a gold-leaf sea. ❋ Unknown (1938)

He resumes his work as a shepherd and avoids contact with anything that might be called bramble, hedge, or scrub. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mary is the love of beauty, or of God; the bramble is the stupidity and grossness of the practical world. ❋ Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (N/A)

His parable of the reign of the bramble is the earliest example of the kind. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Here in my present picnic is the suggestive parallel, for even though no such actual episodes as those I have described had been witnessed by me, an examination of the premises beneath my bramble were a sufficient commentary. ❋ William Hamilton Gibson (1873)

As amongst all the trees and plants of the earth the bramble is the most troublesome, so it is also the most contemptible. ❋ 1634-1716 (1823)

The bramble is a worthless plant, not to be numbered among the trees, useless and fruitless, nay, hurtful and vexatious, scratching and tearing, and doing mischief; it began with the curse, and its end is to be burned. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The orthography is doubtful, but there is little question that a kind of bramble-bush is intended. ❋ 1819-1893 (2001)

In case it is not, then the "bramble" will have to be regarded as the type of hedge that perhaps enclosed the threshing floor. ❋ 1892-1972 (1942)

It led almost straight up the mountain-side beneath over-hanging trees, under fallen timber, and through every kind of bramble imaginable. ❋ Mary Ellen Chase (1930)

It is not long since the foes of the Cottontails were disgusted to find that man had brought a new kind of bramble and planted it in long lines throughout the country. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)

The word is rendered "bramble" in Judg. 9: 14, 15, and "thorns" in Ps. 58: 9. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

The "bramble" is quite fully treated in Mr.R. Thompson's valuable ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)

We must reckon amongst the food of the natives, some other wild roots; the stalk of a plant resembling _angelica_, and berries of several different sorts; such as bramble-berries, cran-berries, hurtle-berries, heath-berries, a small red berry, which, in ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

It shrugged its attackers off, determined to reach some tatty bramble flowers with an appetite as fierce as the buzzard's. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But like I've said before, I eventually realized that the single most important thing I can do for my kid isn't to shield her, but to launch us together into the wild, complex bramble of life and lead by example. ❋ Debra Goldstein (2011)

In the glass, it has a deep purple color; the nose is stunning, with a bramble and cherry fruit character. ❋ Will Lyons (2011)

But for those who have sampled its mature charms, who have patiently cellared its wines for more than 10 years or so, watching its tannins and texture soften as it transforms itself into a gentle red wine with notes of spice and velvety bramble, its allure is difficult to evade. ❋ Will Lyons (2011)

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