Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: undergrowth
IPA transcription: ['ʌndɚɡɹ,oʊθ]
Pronunciations of undergrowth
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: underbrush, undergrowth, underwood
    Meaning: the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
Usage examples
  • So they used up their woods and kept goats to nibble and kill the new undergrowth.
  • They had reached the spot on the river where he had seen her first, and beyond, the smoke of the cabin was rising above the undergrowth.
  • Scarcely had they gained the shade of the thick undergrowth, when a report like that of a score of cannons rang upon the night air, and high in the air soared a body of flame and wreck in terrific confusion.
  • It was weary struggling by this path through the wood, but it was the only way to approach the desired point by land. Maud hesitated not, but stole or glided through the tangled undergrowth, as though she had passed her whole life-time in the deep, tangled ways of the jungle.
  • No other manner of undergrowth gives to woodland in so great a degree the true forest-like character. This most ancient plant speaks of the old, untouched land of which large stretches still remain in the south of England--land too poor to have been worth cultivating, and that has therefore for centuries endured human contempt.
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