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bramble

[ bram-buhl ]

noun

  1. any prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
  2. British. the common blackberry.
  3. any rough, prickly shrub, as the dog rose.


verb (used without object)

brambled, brambling.
  1. British. to look for and gather wild blackberries; pick blackberries from the vine.

bramble

/ ˈ²ú°ùæ³¾²úÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. any of various prickly herbaceous plants or shrubs of the rosaceous genus Rubus , esp the blackberry See also stone bramble
    1. a blackberry
    2. ( as modifier )

      bramble jelly

  2. any of several similar and related shrubs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to gather blackberries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú°ù²¹³¾²ú±ô²â, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bramble1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ²ú°ùæ³¾²ú±ð±ô, variant of ²ú°ùÇ£³¾±ð±ô, equivalent to ²ú°ùÇ£³¾- (cognate with Dutch braam broom ) + -el noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bramble1

Old English ²ú°ùÇ£³¾²ú±ð±ô ; related to Old Saxon ²ú°ùÄå³¾²¹±ô , Old High German ²ú°ùÄå³¾´Ç
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Rachel, from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, made a burial shroud for a friend from locally-sourced wool, willow, bramble and ivy, as part of her work as an artist.

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He wears goggles to protect them from brambles and thistles.

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We passed by apple, nectarine and pear trees, then blackberry brambles as large as a football field.

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Speaking near the area she was found, now overgrown with brambles, nettles and horse chestnut trees, detective Franc Dannerolle says the teenager’s body was “disposed of like garbageâ€.

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The woodland environment - dense thicket and brambles - made it "impenetrable" to zoo volunteers.

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