Tumbleweeds

Synonyms for "tumbleweeds" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
desert symbolidle entity

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
russian thistlesalsola tragus

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
stagnant organizationunproductive projectwestern icon

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
annual plantcultural symbolfigurative expressionmetaphorplantsymbolweed

More specific

6 entries
Russian thistleSalsola tragusWestern film tropedesert motifidle projectunexecuted plan

Collocations

6 entries
Russian thistleSalsola tragusdesert weedrolling tumbleweedtumbleweed plantwind blown tumbleweed

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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The Martian red desert stretched beyond and around me as I was wearing a spacesuit with oxygen tanks. The air outside was thinner, of course, than the Earth's. There was some breeze that would otherwise blow tumbleweeds on Earth's own deserts.

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