Words / A2

BUSH/bʊʃ/

A bush is a thick plant, smaller than a tree: a rose bush, hide in the bushes. The Bush can mean wild country in Australia/Africa. Brush is for hair. Beat about the bush means avoid the point — later idiom.

Meaning

A plant like a small tree with many branches.

Examples

• “There is a rose bush in the garden.”
• “Trim the bush under the window.”
• “A cat jumped out of the bush.”

Good to know

a rose bush / in the bushes. Contrast: tree. Mix-up: brush.

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