Brushwood
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“His pupils assemble every evening before his tent; where, by the light⟳ of a large fire, made of brushwood and cow’s dung, they are taught a few sentences from the Koran, and are initiated into the principles of their creed.”
“Small streams with hollowed-out banks came into sight, and the tiniest mill-ponds with frail dams, and little villages with low peasant huts under dark roofs, often with half their thatch gone, and small threshing barns all tilted to one side with walls made out of woven brushwood and gaping openings beside dilabidated hay-barns […]”
“The river above Goet-accord becomes very narrow, being lined on each ſide with impenetrable bruſh-wood, like⟳ the river Cottica, between Devil's-Harwar and Patamaca; [...]”
“Without any solicitation, or desire for profit on his part, he had been asked to execute during that winter a very large order⟳ for hurdles and other copseware, for which purpose he had been obliged to buy⟳ several acres of brushwood standing.”
“Houses had been deserted, and the thick brushwood of the tropics had grown up over everything, obliterating the brief authority of man.”
“Mr. Greenshields was the contractor selected to build⟳ the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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