bramble

C2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈbɹæm.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #50458

Meanings

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noun
a rough, thorny shrub or vine, especially a blackberry bush

A bramble grew across the narrow path.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a rough, thorny shrub or... thorny shrubbriar

More blackberry bush

Word family

Forms brambles

Derived forms bramblesbrambly

Related forms briar thorn bush

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bramble bush
a prickly shrub that bears clustered edible berries such as blackberries

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Bramble is an Old English word related to brōm, the Old English name for the broom shrub. Both are of Germanic origin.

Etymology

From Middle English brembel, from Old English braembel, a word for a thorny shrub.

brembel Middle English bræmbel Old English *brāmil Proto-West Germanic

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