Meaning & use
briar
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A thorny, prickly shrub or vine, especially wild rose or bramble; also a hard wood used to make tobacco pipes.
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They had to hack through a tangle of briars to reach the old stone wall.
He kept his favorite briar pipe on the shelf beside his tobacco tin.
A note on using this word
Also spelled "brier"; the wood sense refers specifically to the root of the briar heath plant, prized for pipe-making.
Words with a similar meaning
bramble
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