SPINNEY Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word spinney. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for SPINNEY
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| brake | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle • any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants • large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan • an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant • anything that slows or hinders a process verb • stop travelling by applying a brake • cause to stop by applying the brakes | ||||||||
| copse | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes | ||||||||
| forest | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area • land that is covered with trees and shrubs verb • establish a forest on previously unforested land | ||||||||
| grove | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small growth of trees without underbrush • garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | ||||||||
| plantation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America) • an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) • garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | ||||||||
| thicket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes | ||||||||
| woods | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | ||||||||
