Briar

/ˈbɹaɪɚ/

Synonyms for "briar" (71 found)

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More general

13 entries
ericamaterialpipeplantroserosebushshrubsmoking implementtobacco pipetrue heathvinewoodwoody plant

More specific

8 entries
bramblebriar rootcarved briar pipechurchwarden pipehardwoodornate briar pipethornbushwild rose

Collocations

6 entries
briar patchbriar pipebriar rootbriar woodthorny briarswild briars

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This smoking pipe is made from briar root.

Source: tatoeba (2845840)

As one who, in a tangled brake apart, / on some lithe snake, unheeded in the briar, / hath trodden heavily, and with backward start / flies, trembling at the head uplift in ire / and blue neck, swoln in many a glittering spire. / So slinks Androgeus, shuddering with dismay.

Source: tatoeba (6820373)

Youngthes folke now flocken in every where, To gather May-buskets and smelling brere

Source: wiktionary

¶ And thou ſonne of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their wordes, though bryars and thornes be with thee, and thou doeſt dwell among ſcorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be diſmayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious houſe.

Source: wiktionary

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