briar
See also: Briar
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɹʌɪə/
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English brere, from Old English brēr, brǣr (“briar; bramble”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”). Compare Icelandic brörr (“briar”).
Noun
briar (plural briars)
Derived terms
Translations
any thorny plant
Noun
briar (plural briars)
- The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
- A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
Derived terms
- briar-pipe
Translations
white heath
pipe
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