thornbush
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thornbush
- /ˈθɔːnˌbʊʃ/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
- /ˈθɔːnˌbɵʃ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈθɔɹnˌbʊʃ/ Scotland
- /-ˌbʌʃ/ Scotland, traditional
- /-ˌbʉʃ/ Scotland, Northern Ireland, also
- /ˈθoɹnˌbʊʃ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ʊʃ
Where it comes from
Compound of thorn + bush. Cognate with Dutch doornbos, German Dornbusch and Swedish törnbuske, all meaning the same and having the same elements (stemming from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz + *buskaz), thus they either share a common Germanic root or are calques of the German word.
noun thornbushes
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Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes.
“Meanwhile thornbush sprung wild around the house overnight.”
Similar: thornshrub
Translations
Talk about this word "thornbush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thornbush. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thornbush. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thornbush "thornbush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thornbush.Cite this
@misc{thornbush_2026,
title = {thornbush},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thornbush},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
