Chaparral
[,ʃæpə'ræl;,tʃ-] or [,ʃæpə'ræl]
Definition
(n.) A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
(n.) An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.
Typed by Brian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Thicket (of brambles and thorny shrubs).
Typist: Terrence
Definition
n. dense tangled brushwood.
Typist: Preston
Examples
- To get to them the chaparral had to be passed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The balls commenced to whistle very thick overhead, cutting the limbs of the chaparral right and left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The chaparral before us was impenetrable except where there were roads or trails, with occasionally clear or bare spots of small dimensions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Truman