BUSH

4 letters 9 Scrabble points /bʊʃ/

Definition of BUSH

noun

  1. A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

  2. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

    "bushes to support pea vines"

  3. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Related words: shrub
verb

  1. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

  2. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

    "to bush peas"

  3. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

    "to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B U S H
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 9 points

Anagrams of BUSH

Words that use the same letters:

HUBS

Words Containing "BUSH"

ABUSH ALEBUSH AMBUSH AMBUSHED AMBUSHER AMBUSHERS AMBUSHES AMBUSHING AMBUSHLIKE AMBUSHMENT ARROWBUSH BABUSHKA BABUSHKAS BAYBUSH BEARBUSH BERRYBUSH BITTERBUSH BLACKBUSH BLUEBUSH BOXBUSH

Words Starting with "BUSH"

BUSHBABY BUSHBASHING BUSHBEATER BUSHBECK BUSHBODY BUSHBODIES BUSHBOY BUSHBUCK BUSHBUCKS BUSHCRAFT BUSHED BUSHEY BUSHEL BUSHELAGE BUSHELBASKET BUSHELED BUSHELER BUSHELERS BUSHELFUL BUSHELFULS

Words Ending with "BUSH"

ABUSH ALEBUSH AMBUSH ARROWBUSH BAYBUSH BEARBUSH BERRYBUSH BITTERBUSH BLACKBUSH BLUEBUSH BOXBUSH BRAMBLEBUSH BRITTLEBUSH BROOMBUSH BRUSHBUSH BUBBYBUSH BUCKBUSH BURBUSH BUTTERBUSH BUTTONBUSH