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hedgerow

/ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/

hedgerow noun: a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.

hedgerow: Tall green hedge next to a paved driveway
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Noun

hedgerow (plural hedgerows)

  1. A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
    • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
    • If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen1971, Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”

Examples of hedgerow in a sentence

  • Whereas in Ireland, the ditch is the raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. (As for the trench, where I come from that’s a sheugh).2013 October 31, Frank McNally, “When Anglophone lines get crossed”, in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times Trust, archived from the...
  • In fact, a railway lined with hedgerows and shrubs would be perfect for reliability and biodiversity.2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15:

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Forms of hedgerow

pluralhedgerows

Origin of hedgerow

From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.

Words formed from hedgerow

Phrases with hedgerow

Questions about hedgerow

What does hedgerow mean?
Hedgerow means a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
How do you use hedgerow in a sentence?
Whereas in Ireland, the ditch is the raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. (As for the trench, where I come from that’s a sheugh).
What part of speech is hedgerow?
Hedgerow is a noun.
How do you pronounce hedgerow?
Hedgerow is pronounced /ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/.
What is the plural of hedgerow?
The plural of hedgerow is hedgerows.

Words near hedgerow in the dictionary

  1. Hedgepeth
  2. Hedgepeths
  3. hedgepig
  4. hedgepigs
  5. hedger
  6. hedgerow
  7. hedgerow jellies
  8. hedgerow jelly
  9. hedgerowed
  10. hedgerowless
  11. hedgerows

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