Phrase Hound found 272 phrases and 273 compound words that contain bush. The most common are listed below. Open bush in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 272
- bush partyAn outdoor social gathering held in a wooded area or a field, especially one attended primarily by young people at which alcohol is drunk.
- bush fireAlternative form of bushfire: An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
- bush-cricketSynonym of katydid: A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
- beat around the bushTo treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
- burning bushA biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.
- beauty bushLinnaea amabilis, a deciduous flowering shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae.
- Hairy bush
- Kate Bush
- bush medicineThe traditional medicinal and health practices of Indigenous Australians.
- bush outTo be bushy; to protrude in a thick tuft.
- bush flyA blow fly of the family Calliphoridae.
- bush pigAn African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.
- bush babyAlternative form of bushbaby: A small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.
- bush lotAlternative form of bushlot: Synonym of bush (“wood lot or bluff on a farm”).
- bush trackA rural track used for unsanctioned, informal horse racing with amateur jockeys.
- coffee bushA plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced.
- Christmas bushPlants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time.
- bush songSynonym of bush ballad: A poem or a piece of folk music that celebrates traditional Australian culture, especially rural culture.
- cancer bushA legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).
- bush roseA flowering rose cultivar grown in bush form.
- rose bushAlternative spelling of rosebush: The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
- bush turkeyThe brush turkey, Alectura lathami.
- go bushTo abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature
- send bushTo send away into the bush (etymology 3)
- bush pilotA pilot who engages in bush flying: piloting small aircraft (bush planes or bush helicopters) to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory.
Compound words 273
- rebukeA harsh criticism.
- sugarbushA wooded area with sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugaring.
- saltbushAny of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
- bushwalkingThe activity of hiking or backpacking.
- rosebushThe shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
- bushveldA terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.
- BushismThe political philosophy associated with former US president George W. Bush or his father, former US president George H. W. Bush.
- bushlandAn area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
- bushbuckEither of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- BushiteSynonym of Bushian: Of or pertaining to a person named Bush, in particular and usually President of the United States George W. Bush.