brier meaning

brier as a noun

1. tangled mass of prickly plants

   Synonyms: brierpatch, brier patch

   Type of: vegetation

2. a thorny stem or twig

   Type of: branchlet

3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

   Synonyms: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria

   Type of: rose

4. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

   Synonyms: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia

   Type of: vine

5. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

   Synonyms: tree heath, briar, Erica arborea

   Type of: erica

How to pronounce brier

brier is pronounced /ˈbraɪɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with brier

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• wire
• desire
• require
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• entire
• acquire
• hire
• higher
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• liar
• sire
• buyer
• choir
• flyer
• prior
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• misfire
• supplier
• dyer
• pyre
• crier
• drier