Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underbrush

/ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-brush
IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

Uncountable

verb

To clear (an area) of underbrush.

Transitive verb

verb

To work among the underbrush.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush English underbrush From under- + brush.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

underbrushes (plural) underbrushes (present, singular) underbrushing (participle, present) underbrushed (participle, past) underbrushed (past)

Synonyms

underbush undergrowth understory underwood

Questions

How do you pronounce underbrush?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/.
What does underbrush mean?: The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
Where does underbrush come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush English underbrush From under- + brush.

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