Briar Definition

brīər
briars
noun
briars

Brier.

Webster's New World
A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) in the heath family, whose woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
American Heritage

A tobacco pipe made from the root of brier.

Webster's New World

Brier.

Webster's New World

Any thorny plant, now especially a wild rose.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Briar

Noun

Singular:
briar
Plural:
briars

Origin of Briar

  • French bruyère heath from Old French from Vulgar Latin brūcāria from Late Latin brūcus heather of Celtic origin wer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English brær.

    From Wiktionary

Briar Sentence Examples

  • It is full of black and briar fruit flavors and moves to a velvety finish.

  • Monstrous gray rocks jutted up from the earth and found themselves entwined with honeysuckle and briar vines.

  • The outer is in a delicate Laura Ashley pink and sage green floral which I believe is called sweet briar rose.

  • What you're going to get on a briar bush is briar bush is briars.

  • The green and brown stripe boxes are hand-made and veneered in briar walnut.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRI

Words Ending With

RARIAR

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Words Starting With B and Ending With R

Starts With B & Ends With RStarts With BR & Ends With RStarts With B & Ends With AR

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