brierpatch

A noun referring to a tangled mass of prickly plants, such as briers or brambles.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine dichte, verfilzte Ansammlung dorniger Sträucher wie Brombeeren oder Hagebutten bezeichnet.

1. Tangled mass of prickly plants B2 formal

   A dense, tangled area of thorny bushes or brambles, often difficult to pass through.

   • The rabbit disappeared into the brierpatch to escape the fox.
   • Hikers had to carefully navigate around the thick brierpatch.
   • The old garden had become overgrown with a wild brierpatch.

   🇩🇪Dornengestrüpp

   Synonyme: brakebrambletanglethicketundergrowth