Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 16 compound words that contain briar. The most common are listed below. Open briar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- briar-patchA dense thicket of thorny plants; ground made impassable by the impenetrable overgrowth of prickly vegetation.
- Briar HillA suburb of Melbourne in the City of Banyule, Victoria, Australia
- sweet briarAlternative form of sweetbrier: A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers, and red hips.
- briar-rootThe root of the briar (Erica arborea).
- briar-patchesplural of briar-patch: A dense thicket of thorny plants; ground made impassable by the impenetrable overgrowth of prickly vegetation.
- briar-rootsplural of briar-root: The root of the briar (Erica arborea).
Compound words 16
- briarwoodErica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
- BrearleyA hamlet in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0225).
- briarrootAlternative form of briar-root: The root of the briar (Erica arborea).
- briaryLike a briar; thorny.
- catbriarThe woody vine Smilax glauca.
- greenbriarAlternative spelling of greenbrier: Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
- sweetbriarAlternative form of sweetbrier: A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers, and red hips.
- briaraneAny of a group of naturally-occurring diterpenoids based on a bicyclo[8.4.0]tetradecane ring system
- briaranesplural of briarane: Any of a group of naturally-occurring diterpenoids based on a bicyclo[8.4.0]tetradecane ring system
- briarberriesplural of briarberry: a prickly bush found in the eastern United States, Rubus cuneifolius