brambles
nounUK /ˈbræm.bəlz/
US /ˈbræm.bəlz/
Brambles are prickly bushes that grow blackberries.
We picked sweet blackberries from the brambles at the edge of the field.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Any rough, tangled, thorny shrub or vine.
The path was blocked by a tangle of brambles.
3. A wild, overgrown patch of land covered with thorny plants.
They cleared the brambles to make a small garden.
4. A Scottish term for a prickly shrub, especially the blackberry bush.
In Scotland, brambles often grow along old stone walls.