The work mostly consists of removing undergrowth and clearing away litter.
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Undergrowth
//ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ//
Synonyms for "undergrowth" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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2 entriesat location
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥώψ noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Bulgarian
1 entries- горски храсти noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Catalan
2 entries- malesa noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- sotabosc noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Chichewa
1 entries- thengo noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Chinese
1 entries- guànmùcóng noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Czech
1 entries- podrost noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Dutch
2 entries- kreupelhout noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- ondergroei noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Finnish
1 entries- aluskasvillisuus noun (plants which only reach a low height)
French
3 entries- broussailles noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- maquis noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- sous-bois noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Galician
2 entries- mato noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- sotobosque noun (plants which only reach a low height)
German
2 entries- Unterholz noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- Unterwuchs noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Hungarian
1 entries- aljnövényzet noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Indonesian
1 entries- belukar noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Italian
1 entries- sottobosco noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Japanese
1 entries- 下生え noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Latin
1 entries- rāmālia noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Māori
4 entries- heu noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- heuheu noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- hururua noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- hūru noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Polish
2 entries- podszycie noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- podszyt noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Portuguese
1 entries- sub-bosque noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Romanian
4 entries- desiș noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- subarboret noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- tufiș noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- tufăriș noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Russian
2 entries- подлесок noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- подлесье noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- podrast noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Spanish
1 entries- sotobosque noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Thai
1 entries- พง noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Turkish
1 entries- diri örtü noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Welsh
2 entries- isdyfiant noun (plants which only reach a low height)
- prysgwydd noun (plants which only reach a low height)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The truck got stuck in the undergrowth.
Source: tatoeba (8779463)
A 50-year-old sheep and goat farmer was arrested last week after a surveillance camera captured him setting undergrowth afire Thursday near the town of Montesarchio, 48 kilometers from Naples in southern Italy.
Source: tatoeba (10230412)
Ziri's bike is still there, just rotting away in the undergrowth.
Source: tatoeba (11227549)
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