brushwood meaning

brushwood as a noun

1. the wood from bushes or small branches
   • they built a fire of brushwood

   Type of: wood

2. a dense growth of bushes

   Synonyms: brush, coppice, copse, thicket

   Type of: vegetation

   Kinds: brake, canebrake, spinney, underbrush

brushwood in a sentence

• The young men of the neighborhood were collecting branches and brushwood under the oak trees.