undergrowth
noun/ˈʌndəɡrəʊθ/
/ˈʌndərɡrəʊθ/
(British English) (North American English also underbrush)
[uncountable]- a mass of bushes and plants that grow close together under trees in woods and forests
- They used their knives to clear a path through the dense undergrowth.
- The murder weapon was found concealed in undergrowth.
- The dog came crashing through the undergrowth towards us.
- I noticed someone hiding in the undergrowth.
- The snake slithered off into the undergrowth.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- dense
- lush
- …
- patch
- tangle
- clear
- into the undergrowth
- in the undergrowth
- through the undergrowth
- …
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