shrubbery

[US]/'ʃrʌb(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/'ʃrʌbəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a collection of shrubs, or a small area where shrubs are grown; a thicket or grove of shrubs

Example Sentences

a garden fenced in by shrubbery;

a secluded mansion, islanded by shrubbery and fences.

a coat that reaches to the knee; shrubbery reaching up to the eaves; a career that reached over several decades.

(3) Uncia uncia prefer to inhabit in the rugged habitats with moderate shrubberies, and they also like to leave signs in valley bottoms rather than hillsides.

The garden is filled with lush shrubbery.

She enjoys pruning the shrubbery in her backyard.

The path was lined with fragrant shrubbery.

The shrubbery provides a natural barrier for privacy.

The landscape designer incorporated various shrubbery into the design.

The shrubbery needs regular watering to thrive.

The dense shrubbery provides shelter for small animals.

Birds often nest in the shrubbery during the spring.

The old mansion had overgrown shrubbery that needed trimming.

The shrubbery along the fence adds a touch of green to the yard.

Real-world Examples

It's not a park as in lots of trees and trees and sort of shrubbery and stuff.

Source: American English dialogue

Captain Nemo continued to plummet into the dark depths of this forest, whose shrubbery grew ever more sparse.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

From a neighbouring shrubbery emerged a nurse, leading by the hand a small boy, who howled as he went.

Source: Brave New World

As a matter of idle curiosity, which of your shrubberies do you feel would benefit from a thorough vomiting?

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

Good to get him out from behind all that shrubbery.

Source: Me Before You

Let's rethink that to using more shrubbery, more brushes, more drought-resistant plants.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) September 2023 Collection

" Just asking. Your shrubbery needs pruning" .

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

She wheeled herself round, and turned into the shrubbery.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

I crept around by the back door and hid in the shrubbery.

Source: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

I make for the wicket leading to the shrubbery, and I see Mr. Rochester entering.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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