What does brushwood mean?
Definitions for brushwood
ˈbrʌʃˌwʊdbrush·wood
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Princeton's WordNet
brushwoodnoun
the wood from bushes or small branches
"they built a fire of brushwood"
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun
a dense growth of bushes
Wiktionary
brushwoodnoun
Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
brushwoodnoun
Small trees and shrubs.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Brushwoodnoun
Rough, low, close, shrubby thickets; small wood fit for fire.
Etymology: from brush and wood. I know not whether it may not be corrupted from browsewood.
It smokes, and then with trembling breath she blows,
Till in a cheerful blaze the flames arose.
With brushwood, and with chips, she strengthens these,
And adds at last the boughs of rotten trees. John Dryden, Fab.
ChatGPT
brushwood
Brushwood refers to twigs, branches, and small trees cut off, typically used for firewood, fencing, thatching, or gardening purposes. It usually refers to the tangled denseness of trees and shrubs in a forest, often consisting of dead tree limbs, shrubs, or undergrowth.
Webster Dictionary
Brushwoodnoun
brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs
Brushwoodnoun
small branches of trees cut off
Wikidata
Brushwood
Brushwood is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road about 6 kilometres east from Ganmain and 8 kilometres west from Coolamon. Brushwood lies within the wheat farming belt of the Coolamon Shire Council and is the home of a small railway station and a series of large 30-metre silos.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BRUSHWOOD
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brushwood is ranked #67747 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Brushwood surname appeared 291 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brushwood.
92.7% or 270 total occurrences were White.
3.4% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Anagrams for brushwood »
shrubwood
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brushwood in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brushwood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of brushwood in a Sentence
Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.
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