furze C2 Topic:General Vocabulary US /fɝz/ UK /fɜːz/ See IPA manual Freq #168756 Meanings 1 noun a dense, thorny evergreen shrub with bright yellow flowers; gorse Yellow furze covered the exposed hillside above the village. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a dense, thorny evergreen... gorsewhin Word family Derived forms furzy Related forms gorseUlex Etymology From Middle English firse or furs, from Old English fyrs ("furze, gorse"). The deeper origin is uncertain, though cognates have been proposed in other Indo-European languages. Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # furze **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /fɝz/ **IPA (UK):** /fɜːz/ **Frequency rank:** 168756 ## Meanings 1. a dense, thorny evergreen shrub with bright yellow flowers; gorse ## Examples - Yellow furze covered the exposed hillside above the village. ## Synonyms - gorse - whin ## Derived Forms - furzy ## Related Forms - gorse - Ulex ## Etymology From Middle English firse or furs, from Old English fyrs ("furze, gorse"). The deeper origin is uncertain, though cognates have been proposed in other Indo-European languages. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown