bramble
noun
bram·ble ˈbram-bəl 
1
: any of a genus (Rubus) of usually prickly shrubs of the rose family including the raspberries and blackberries
also : the fruit of a bramble
2
: a rough prickly shrub or vine
brambly
ˈbram-b(ə-)lē
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Right out of the glass is smoky bacon, a meaty iodine and some earthy bramble—all pleasingly followed onto the palate. 
Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 31 July 2022 In December 2010, the skeletal remains of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25; Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, were found wrapped in burlap and placed 500 feet apart from each other in the bramble at Gilgo Beach. Cristina Corbin, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021 Then, from thorny bramble, the wildcat exhales in a guttural hiss. Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021 In June 2019, a Guatemalan mother, her toddler son and two other young children died of exposure in a thick bramble near McAllen. Dudley Althaus, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2021 This bramble of biological interconnections appears to be reflected in the rich diversity of tastes found within these regional wines. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 Varrone believes the killer had to be familiar with the area along Ocean Parkway and likely chose it as his dumping ground because, at the time, the land was covered in thick bramble. Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2020 The recordings are still cryptic, a hazy bramble of ambience. Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020 One was a toddler, who would later be linked by DNA to yet another unidentified woman found in the bramble, whom the police would call Peaches, after a tattoo on her body. Robert Kolker, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2020 See More
Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 31 July 2022 In December 2010, the skeletal remains of Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25; Megan Waterman, 22, and Amber Lynn Costello, 27, were found wrapped in burlap and placed 500 feet apart from each other in the bramble at Gilgo Beach. Cristina Corbin, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021 Then, from thorny bramble, the wildcat exhales in a guttural hiss. Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021 In June 2019, a Guatemalan mother, her toddler son and two other young children died of exposure in a thick bramble near McAllen. Dudley Althaus, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2021 This bramble of biological interconnections appears to be reflected in the rich diversity of tastes found within these regional wines. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 Varrone believes the killer had to be familiar with the area along Ocean Parkway and likely chose it as his dumping ground because, at the time, the land was covered in thick bramble. Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2020 The recordings are still cryptic, a hazy bramble of ambience. Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020 One was a toddler, who would later be linked by DNA to yet another unidentified woman found in the bramble, whom the police would call Peaches, after a tattoo on her body. Robert Kolker, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English brembel, from Old English brēmel; akin to Old English brōm broom
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
bramble
noun
bram·ble ˈbram-bəl
: a rough prickly bush or vine —usually used in pl.
blackberry brambles
brambles
noun
as in bushes
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- bushes
- tangles
- jungles
- hedges
- groves
- scrublands
- brushes
- woodlots
- thickets
- scrubs
- woods
- woodlands
- forests
- copses
- stands
- coppices
- greenwoods
- wildwoods
- canebrakes
- bosques
- bosquets
- brakes
- boskages
- chaparrals
- bosks
- coverts
- brushwoods
- boscages