Gebüsch — meaning in English

English meaning

• brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
• copse noun A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
• thicket noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.

Senses

Gebüsch is used for these senses in English:

• brush (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
• copse Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
• thicket A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

brush — full definition

1. noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
2. noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
3. noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
4. verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
5. verb To touch something lightly while passing by.

copse — full definition

1. noun A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
2. noun Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
3. noun Any woodland or woodlot.

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