US /ˈbɹæm.bəl/
noun Freq #50458

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

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

    A bramble grew across the narrow path.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a rough, thorny shrub or... thorny shrubbriar
More blackberry bush
Word family
Forms brambles
Derived forms bramblesbrambly
Related forms briarthornbush

Etymology

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

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