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canebrake

/ˈkeɪnbɹeɪk/

canebrake noun: a dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.

canebrake: a dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants
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Noun

canebrake (plural canebrakes)

  1. (US) A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.
    • While roving carelessly from canebrake to canebrake, and admiring the rank growth of vegetation, and the variety of timber which marked the fertility of the soil...1865, Cecil B. Hartley, Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone, page 52

Forms of canebrake

pluralcanebrakes
alternative formcanebreak

Origin of canebrake

From cane + brake.

Words formed from canebrake

Phrases with canebrake

Questions about canebrake

What does canebrake mean?
Canebrake means a dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.
What part of speech is canebrake?
Canebrake is a noun.
How do you pronounce canebrake?
Canebrake is pronounced /ˈkeɪnbɹeɪk/.
What is the plural of canebrake?
The plural of canebrake is canebrakes.

Words near canebrake in the dictionary

  1. Caneadea
  2. caneball
  3. caneberries
  4. caneberry
  5. caneboard
  6. canebrake
  7. canebrake groundcreeper
  8. canebrake groundcreepers
  9. canebrake rattlesnake
  10. canebrakes
  11. canebreak

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