The young men of the neighborhood were collecting branches and brushwood under the oak trees.
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Brushwood
//ˈbɹʌʃˌwʊd//
Synonyms for "brushwood" (19 found)
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Translations
61 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥώψ noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Armenian
1 entries- ցախ noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çör-çöp noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Belarusian
1 entries- галлё noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Bulgarian
4 entries- издънка noun (small trees and shrubs)
- пръчка noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- съчка noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- фиданка noun (small trees and shrubs)
Catalan
1 entries- brossa noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Chichewa
2 entries- tchire noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- thengo noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 柴 noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- 矮林 noun (small trees and shrubs)
Danish
1 entries- ris noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Dutch
2 entries- kreupelhout noun (small trees and shrubs)
- rijshout noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Finnish
4 entries- maapuu noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- pensaikko noun (small trees and shrubs)
- pusikko noun (small trees and shrubs)
- risukko noun (small trees and shrubs)
French
1 entries- brindilles noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Galician
4 entries- broza noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- cisco noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- fronza noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- mato noun (fallen branches and twigs)
German
2 entries- Gestrüpp noun (small trees and shrubs)
- Reisig noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Hungarian
1 entries- rőzse noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Italian
1 entries- ramaglia noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Japanese
1 entries- 柴 noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Latin
1 entries- ramale noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Māori
4 entries- heu noun (small trees and shrubs)
- heuheu noun (small trees and shrubs)
- hururua noun (small trees and shrubs)
- hūru noun (small trees and shrubs)
Old Armenian
1 entries- խռիւ noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Old English
1 entries- spēc noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Polish
2 entries- chrust noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- zarośla noun (small trees and shrubs)
Portuguese
2 entries- capim noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- mato noun (small trees and shrubs)
Russian
4 entries- вале́жник noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- за́росли noun (small trees and shrubs)
- куста́рник noun (small trees and shrubs)
- хво́рост noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dlùth-bharrach noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Slovak
2 entries- chrastie noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- haluzina noun (fallen branches and twigs)
Spanish
2 entries- broza noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- sotobosque noun (small trees and shrubs)
Swedish
3 entries- ris noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- ris noun (small trees and shrubs)
- sly noun (small trees and shrubs)
Ukrainian
4 entries- хмиз noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- хмиз noun (small trees and shrubs)
- хмизня́к noun (fallen branches and twigs)
- хмизня́к noun (small trees and shrubs)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Please gather some brushwood.
Source: tatoeba (3022462)
Little squirrels peered at them from the beech-trees as they went by, and the rabbits scudded away through the brushwood and over the mossy knolls, with their white tails in the air.
Source: tatoeba (5420472)
His pupils assemble every evening before his tent; where, by the light of a large fire, made of brushwood and cow’s dung, they are taught a few sentences from the Koran, and are initiated into the principles of their creed.
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