Definition of Briarwood

1. Noun. Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.

Exact synonyms: Brier-wood, Brierwood
Substance meronyms: Briarroot
Generic synonyms: Wood

Definition of Briarwood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Briarwood

brezilin
brezinaite
brianite
brianroulstonite
brianyoungite
briar pipe
briard
briards
briared
briarroot
briarroots
briars
briartite
briarwood (current term)
briarwoods
bribable
bribe
bribeable
bribed
bribee
bribees
bribeless
briber
briberies
bribers
bribery
bribes

Literary usage of Briarwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United Service (1884)
"Mrs. briarwood asked no questions. She knew that the local atmosphere was variable, ... briarwood was conscious, sometimes too much so, of a long line of ..."

2. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"Nor did BriarWood escape justice altogether. Etiquette was etiquette, after all, and even if he was a well-connected friend of wizards, ..."

3. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"The Colonel greeted him with a demand to have the briarwood carriage brought over : he was going home that day, ankle or no ankle. ..."

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