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# brushwood

noun (brushwood — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Small broken branches and twigs lying on the ground or cut from trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#m1)
2. Thick, low undergrowth of small bushes and shrubs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#m2)

### In the lessons

In outdoor lessons and stories brushwood is what you gather to start a campfire or what makes a forest hard to walk through. Safety: dry brushwood catches fire quickly. In The Wind in the Willows the Mole stumbles through the brushwood of the Wild Wood.

### Examples

- We gathered brushwood to light the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x1)
- The path was blocked with brushwood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x2)
- A rabbit hid under the brushwood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x3)
- Dry brushwood burns very fast, so be careful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x4)
- The farmer cleared the brushwood from the edge of the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x5)
- The Mole pushed through the brushwood, frightened by the faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x6)
- And the man replied, ‘Why, I’ve merely been gathering a handful of brushwood.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brushwood/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «some brushwood», «a pile of brushwood», not «a brushwood» or «brushwoods». Similar words: twigs, kindling, undergrowth, scrub.

## On Mova

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