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matorral — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

matorral is used for these senses in English:

  • brush (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
  • clump A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  • copse Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
  • shrubbery A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
  • 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.

clump — full definition

  1. noun A small, dense cluster of things, especially plants or hair.
  2. verb To gather or stick together into a compact mass.
  3. verb To walk with heavy, thudding steps.

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