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US
/ˈbɹaɪɝ/
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[ UK /bɹˈaɪə/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈaɪə/ ]
NOUN
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
- 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
- Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
How To Use briar In A Sentence
- The Centenier finished his coffee, while Holmes selected and filled his briar pipe.
- In this kind of environment, post-feminism confronts the young feminist as something of a briar patch to be negotiated with care.
- Her life so bare that she lacked buttons, for he noted that the top of her dress was held to with a long briar from a cockspur bush. Cold Mountain
- Briars thrown in his Way, and with Intrepidity if need requires, even imbrue his Hands in his opposers Blood, and make a Dagger with Blindfolded Eyes, force John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767
- Then, after carefully loading his briarwood, he summoned his man A Pirate of Parts
- The briar pipe continued to epitomise solid, dependable, common sense masculinity.
- Her briar-root fingers, which could still strip a bine more quickly than most people's, were stained black with juice and covered with scratches from the rough clinging stems. Mrs. Miniver
- Where I hunt there are briars galore and I need a material that has a low knap so it doesn't snag. The Best Camo for Hunting Away from Home
- The recent Women's Issue has to be one of the most unprogressive pieces of literature to have ever come out of Briarpatch's offices.
- Briars and thorns tore at my legs.
