'Bramble' definitions:
Definition of 'bramble'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
Definition of 'Bramble'
From: GCIDE
- Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), n. [OE. brembil, AS. br[=e]mel, br[=e]mbel, br[=ae]mbel (akin to OHG. br[=a]mal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[=o]m. See Broom.]
- 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. [1913 Webster]
- The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bramble'
From: GCIDE
- Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.] (Zool.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bramble'
From: Easton
- Bramble
- Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
- Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets" in 1 Sam. 13:6; "thistles" in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job 31:40; "thorns" in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS.)
Synonyms of 'bramble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- barnacle,
- brier,
- brier bush,
- bristle,
- bulldog,
- burr,
- bush,
- cactus,
- catchweed,
- cement,
- cleavers,
- decal,
- decalcomania,
- glue,
- goose grass,
- gunk,
- leech,
- limpet,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- needle,
- nettle,
- paste,
- pine needle,
- plaster,
- prickle,
- quill,
- remora,
- scrub,
- shrub,
- shrubbery,
- spicule,
- spiculum,
- spike,
- spikelet,
- spine,
- sticker,
- syrup,
- thistle,
- thorn,
- yucca