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Meaning of Underbrush | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ

Definitions

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الشّجيرات النّامية تحت الأشجار الكبيرة
Български шубрак
Català malesa sotabosc
Čeština podrost
Deutsch Gehölz Unterholz Unterwuchs
Suomi aluskasvillisuus
Français sous-bois
Magyar aljnövényzet
日本語 下生え 草叢
Polski podrośl podrost podszycie podszyt poszycie
Русский подлесок
Svenska snårskog

Examples

“How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

underbuilder underbuilding underbum underburden underburn underbush

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