Definitions for Brier
ˈbraɪ ərbrier

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. brier, brierpatch, brier patchnoun

   tangled mass of prickly plants

2. briernoun

   a thorny stem or twig

3. sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanterianoun

   Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

4. bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolianoun

   a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

5. tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arboreanoun

   evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. briernoun

   A thorny Mediterranean shrub.

2. briernoun

   A pipe made from the roots of that shrub.

3. briernoun

   Any unpleasantry in general.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. BRIERnoun

   A plant.

   Etymology: brær, Sax.

   The sweet and the wild sorts are both species of the rose; which see.

   What subtle hole is this,
   Whose mouth is cover’d with rude growing briers? William Shakespeare.

   Then thrice under a brier doth creep,
   Which at both ends was rooted deep,
   And over it three times doth leap;
   Her magick much availing. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brier

   Brier is traditionally known as a type of shrub or plant, particularly those with thorny or prickly stems, which belong to the Rosaceae family. Examples include the wild brier rose or sweetbrier. In the context of weather forecasting and decision-making analysis, the Brier score is used to measure the accuracy of probabilistic predictions. It is named after Glenn W. Brier, who proposed this score. The lower the Brier score, the better the accuracy of the prediction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Briernoun

   alt. of Briar

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Brier

   Brier is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is bordered by Mountlake Terrace to the west, Lynnwood to the north, Bothell to the east, and the King County line to the south. The population was 6,087 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Brier

   brī′er, n. a prickly shrub: a common name for the wild rose: (Scot.) the thorn of the brier—also Brī′ar.—adjs. Brī′ery, Brī′ered, having briers. [A.S. brér.]

2. Brier

   Briar, brī′ėr, n. the white heath, a shrub grown in France, from the root of which tobacco-pipes are made: a pipe of this wood. [Fr. bruyère, heath.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRIER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brier is ranked #16012 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Brier surname appeared 1,813 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Brier.
   
   89.5% or 1,624 total occurrences were White.
   5.5% or 100 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 43 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Erica
   • Rose
   • Twig
   • Vegetation
   • Vine

Anagrams for Brier »

1. berri

How to pronounce Brier?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brier in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Brier
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brier
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Brier
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Brier
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Brier
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Brier
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html