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shrubbery

/ˈʃɹʌbəɹi/

shrubbery noun: a planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

Noun

shrubbery (plural shrubberies)

  1. A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
    • dense shrubbery
    • trim the shrubbery
  2. Shrubs collectively.

shrubbery meaning in Tamil and Bengali

shrubbery in Tamil

தூறு, பூண்டி, செடி

shrubbery in Bengali

গুল্মরাজি, ঝোপঝাড়ের বাগান

Examples of shrubbery in a sentence

  • Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
  • You know, get an electric razor, trim up your shrubbery, blow out your front yard a bit?
  • She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling.

All 10 example sentences with shrubbery

Forms of shrubbery

pluralshrubberies

Plural of shrubbery: shrubberies

Origin of shrubbery

From shrub + -ery.

Words formed from shrubbery

Questions about shrubbery

What does shrubbery mean?
Shrubbery means a planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
What is shrubbery in Tamil?
Shrubbery in Tamil is தூறு, பூண்டி, செடி. See Shrubbery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shrubbery?
Shrubbery is a noun.
How do you pronounce shrubbery?
Shrubbery is pronounced /ˈʃɹʌbəɹi/.
What is the plural of shrubbery?
The plural of shrubbery is shrubberies.

Words near shrubbery in the dictionary

  1. shrubbed
  2. shrubbed out
  3. shrubbed up
  4. shrubberied
  5. shrubberies
  6. shrubbery
  7. shrubbier
  8. shrubbiest
  9. shrubbiness
  10. shrubbing
  11. shrubbing out

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