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shrub·ber·y

(shrŭb′ə-rē)
n. pl. shrub·ber·ies
A group or planting of shrubs.
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shrubbery

(ˈʃrʌbərɪ)
n, pl -beries
1. (Botany) a place where a number of shrubs are planted
2. (Botany) shrubs collectively
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shrub•ber•y

(ˈʃrʌb ə ri)

n., pl. -ber•ies.
1. a planting of shrubs.
2. shrubs collectively.
[1740–50]
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Shrubbery

shrubs collectively, 1777; a plantation of shrubs.
Example: shrubbery of birch, oak, and alders, 1791.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:shrubbery - an area where a number of shrubs are planted]shrubbery - an area where a number of shrubs are planted
area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
2. shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together
botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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Translations
křoviny
buskads
pensaikko
fruticée
runnagróîur
kroviny
çalılık fundalık

shrubbery

[ˈʃrʌbərɪ] N → arbustos mpl
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shrubbery

[ˈʃrʌbəri] n → massif m d'arbustes
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shrubbery

n (= shrub bed) → Strauchrabatte f; (= shrubs) → Büsche pl, → Sträucher pl, → Buschwerk nt; the ball got lost in the shrubbery → der Ball ging im Gebüsch verloren
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shrubbery

[ˈʃrʌbərɪ] n → arbusti mpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shrub

(ʃrab) noun
a small bush or woody plant. He has planted bushes and shrubs in his garden. struik شُجَيْرَه، جَنَبَه шубрак arbusto keřík der Strauch busk θάμνος, χαμόδεντρο arbusto puhmas بوته pensas arbuste שיח झाड़ी grm, žbun bokor semak-semak, belukar runni arbusto 低木 관목 krūmas krūms pokok renek struik busk krzew بوټى، ګلپوټى arbusto arbust куст ker grmič žbun buske ต้นไม้เตี้ย ๆ çalı, funda 矮樹,灌木 кущ, чагарник جھاڑ cây bụi 灌木
ˈshrubbery – plural ˈshrubberies – noun
a part of a garden where shrubs are grown. struike رُكْن في حَديقَه تَكْثُر فيه الشُّجَيْرات кът с храсти jardim de arbustos křoviny das Gesträuch buskads θαμνότοπος arbustos, matas puhmasistandik بوته زار pensaikko (massif d') arbustes חֶלקַת שִׂיחִים झाड़ी, झुरमुट, झाड़-झंकाड़ grmlje, nasad ukrasnog grmlja bozót semak samun runnagróður boschetto 低木の植え込み 관목 숲 krûmynas krūmājs rumpun pokok renek heesterperk buskas; hekk kępa krzewów بوټى لرونكى مځكه، بوټيانه jardim de arbustos desiş de arbuşti кустарник krovie grmičevje grmlje buskage ไม้พุม çalılık, fundalık 灌木栽種區 чагарник شاخسار khu vực có nhiều cây bụi 灌木丛
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Reaching a shrubbery which bounded one side of the grounds next, her Ladyship became aware of a man slowly approaching her, to all appearance absorbed in thought.
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He had conceived the journey through the shrubbery in rather an airy mood.
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Mitenka flew headlong down the six steps and ran away into the shrubbery. (This shrubbery was a well-known haven of refuge for culprits at Otradnoe.
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It had no park, but the pleasure-grounds were tolerably extensive; and like every other place of the same degree of importance, it had its open shrubbery, and closer wood walk, a road of smooth gravel winding round a plantation, led to the front, the lawn was dotted over with timber, the house itself was under the guardianship of the fir, the mountain-ash, and the acacia, and a thick screen of them altogether, interspersed with tall Lombardy poplars, shut out the offices.
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By the time I had got to the corner, the trespassers, whoever they were, had run into the shrubbery at the off side of the walk, and were hidden from sight among the thick trees and bushes in that part of the grounds.
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No one must see the chair-carriage and Dickon and Mary after they turned a certain corner of the shrubbery and entered upon the walk outside the ivied walls.
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He withdrew his force behind the shrubbery of the garden.
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The view from the windows looked over the flower-garden and shrubbery; this last being protected at its outward extremity by a fence, and approached from the lane beyond by a wicket-gate.
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Having seen him bend his course towards the shrubbery, I followed him thither, and found him just entering the shadowy walk.
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Her ladyship is comforting herself meanwhile by strolling along the shrubbery with Reginald, calling forth all his tender feelings, I suppose, on this distressing occasion.
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The robin-redbreasts in the shrubbery outside must have had prodigious balances at their bankers; they hopped up on the window-sill so fearlessly; they looked in with so little respect at the two rich men.
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Before I could assure her that she might depend on my acting in the strictest accordance with her wishes, we were both startled by advancing footsteps in the shrubbery. Some one was coming from the house to seek for us!
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