Synonyms for brushwood

Most common

brush · thicket · copse · coppice · underwood

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

Forms

Plural

brushwoods → brushes, copses, coppices, thickets…

Example sentences

• brush I always brush my teeth after having eaten sweets.
• thicket We'll need to push our way through this thicket.
• copse They came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

brush¹, scrub¹, copse

7 letters

thicket², coppice

9 letters

underwood³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (thicket² = 2 syllables).