- shrubbery
- noun (plural -beries) Date: 1731 a planting or growth of shrubs
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Shrubbery — Shrub ber*y, n.; pl. {Shrubberies}. 1. A collection of shrubs. [1913 Webster] 2. A place where shrubs are planted. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrubbery — 1748, from SHRUB (Cf. shrub) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
shrubbery — ► NOUN (pl. shrubberies) ▪ an area in a garden planted with shrubs … English terms dictionary
shrubbery — [shrub′ər ē] n. 1. shrubs collectively 2. pl. shrubberies Brit. a place where many shrubs are grown … English World dictionary
Shrubbery — A shrubbery was a feature of 19th century gardens in the English manner, with its origins in the gardenesque style [John Warfield Simpson, Visions of Paradise: Glimpses of Our Landscape s Legacy 1999:297.] of the early part of the century. A… … Wikipedia
shrubbery — [[t]ʃrʌ̱bəri[/t]] shrubberies 1) N COUNT A shrubbery is a part of a garden where a lot of shrubs are growing. [BRIT] 2) N UNCOUNT You can refer to a lot of shrubs or to shrubs in general as shrubbery … English dictionary
shrubbery — UK [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] / US [ˈʃrʌb(ə)rɪ] noun Word forms shrubbery : singular shrubbery plural shrubberies 1) [uncountable] several shrubs growing together 2) [countable] an area in a garden or park where shrubs are planted … English dictionary
shrubbery — /shrub euh ree/, n., pl. shrubberies. 1. a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery. 2. shrubs collectively. [1740 50; SHRUB1 + ERY] * * * … Universalium
shrubbery — shrub|be|ry [ˈʃrʌbəri] n plural shrubberies 1.) [U] shrubs planted close together ▪ a tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery 2.) a part of a garden where shrubs are planted close together … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrubbery — n. to prune; trim shrubbery see also shrubs … Combinatory dictionary
