noun
bramble
Bramble (noun) means any of several thorny plants in the Rubus family, such as the blackberry bush, though usually not the raspberry.
noun
1
Any of several thorny plants in the Rubus family, such as the blackberry bush, though usually not the raspberry.
"At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot."
— , Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways (1949)
"The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common."
— Miles Burton (1944)
2
Any shrub covered in thorns.
3
A cocktail made with gin, lemon juice and a blackberry liqueur.
4
The soft fruit of Rubus fruticosus, made up of small black drupelets when ripe.
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Etymology
From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).
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What is the meaning of bramble?
"bramble" (noun) means any of several thorny plants in the Rubus family, such as the blackberry bush, though usually not the raspberry.
What is another word for bramble?
Other words for "bramble" include blackberry.
What are the different meanings of bramble?
"bramble" has 3 main meanings: 1. Any of several thorny plants in the Rubus family, such as the blackberry bush, though usually not the raspberry; 2. Any shrub covered in thorns; 3. A cocktail made with gin, lemon juice and a blackberry liqueur.
