different between bramble vs brambly

English

Etymology

From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier br?mel, br?mel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *br?mil, diminutive of *br?m (English broom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?æmb?l/
• Rhymes: -æmb?l

Noun

bramble (plural brambles)

1. Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
   • 2016, Ann Burnett, Take a Leaf Out of My Book (page 37)

     Jeanette is making bramble jelly. She is trying to listen to the Morning Story on Radio 4 while she goes about her task. Jeanette's brow is furrowed as she weighs the deep purple fruit and tips the berries into the heavy jelly pan […]
2. Any thorny shrub.
3. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

Derived terms

• stone bramble
• brambled
• brambling
• brambly

Translations

English

Etymology

bramble +? -y

Adjective

brambly (comparative bramblier, superlative brambliest)

1. covered in brambles
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   • December 2004, "500 Greatest Songs of All Time - Bob Dylan, 'Blowin' in the Wind'", in The Rolling Stone

     everyone knew the song belonged to the burning-eyed young man who ruled New York's folk scene, and whose recording of it — just his brambly voice and fleet-fingered acoustic-guitar playing — was definitive

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