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# briar

noun (briars)

«briar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A briar is a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems that grows in hedges and woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briar/#m1)

### In the lessons

a thorny hedge that grows up and hides a castle or a sleeping princess in fairy tales

### Examples

- The prince had to cut through the thick briar to reach the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briar/#x1)
- The briars scratched his arms as he pushed through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briar/#x2)
- The bramble and briar grew over the walls of the palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briar/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «briar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«briar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/briar.html) on Mova free.