Furze

/fɜː(ɹ)z/

Synonyms for "furze" (7 found)

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Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
broomirish gorse

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
ulexulex europaeus

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2 entries
Ulex europaeusUlex gallii

Collocations

6 entries
dense furzefurze fieldfurze hedgefurze scrubfurze thicketgorse patch

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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This spring was in a dell, and the furze, brambles, junipers and thistles around it were so thick, that a real wolf might easily have chosen the spot as a lurking place.

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Gonz. Now would I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground : Long heath, Browne firrs, any thing;[…]

Source: wiktionary

At length, receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas, instead of discharging his debts he walk'd out of town, hid his gown in a furze bush, and footed it to London, […]

Source: wiktionary

“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

Source: wiktionary

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