furze

/fɜː(ɹ)z/

furze noun: a thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.

Image: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

furze (countable and uncountable, plural furzes)

A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Gonz. Now would I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground : Long heath, Browne firrs, any thing;[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- At length, receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas, instead of discharging his debts he walk'd out of town, hid his gown in a furze bush, and footed it to London, […]1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868...
Synonyms:

gorse, whin

Proper noun capitalized: Furze

Furze (plural Furzes)

A surname.

furze meaning in Tamil

furze in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Examples of furze in a sentence

“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 41:
Clumps of withered grass stood out on the hill-top; the furze bushes were black, and now and then a black shiver crossed the snow as the wind drove flurries of frozen particles before it.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter VIII, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC...

Synonyms of furze

gorse
whin

Forms of furze

Noun
plural	furzes
alternative form (obsolete)	firrs
Proper noun
plural	Furzes

Origin of furze

From Middle English firse, furs, from Old English fyrs (“furze, gorse, bramble”), from Old English fyres (“furze”), related to Old English fȳr (“fire”); otherwise of unknown origin.

Variant of Furse.

Words formed from furze

common furze
dwarf furze
furzechat
furzed
furzeling
furze-pig
furzy
needle furze

Phrases with furze

furze pig

Words that rhyme with furze

Questions about furze

What does furze mean?: Furze means a thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
What is furze in Tamil?: Furze in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Furze meaning in Tamil.
How do you use furze in a sentence?: “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache.
What part of speech is furze?: Furze can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce furze?: Furze is pronounced /fɜː(ɹ)z/.
What is the plural of furze?: The plural of furze is furzes.

Words near furze in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: furze (page history and authors); Furze (page history and authors); furze (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “furze.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/furze. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.