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brushwood

noun as in copse

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noun as in underbrush

noun as in undergrowth

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noun as in undergrowth

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She deftly manoeuvres a tractor-load of brushwood which she's spent the afternoon cutting from common land owned jointly by the community.

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Ra accused Canada of "jumping into fire with brushwood on its back" due to "blind belief in its American master" despite the ever-growing possibility of a military conflict on the Korean peninsula.

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Las Provincias, a regional newspaper, reported police believe that the blaze may have been started by a spark from a machine used to gather brushwood.

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Twigs of brushwood lie around a mud oven used for cooking.

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Readers today are unlikely to confuse an adolescent with an armload of brushwood used for fences and hedges.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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