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- 1. small trees and shrubs growing beneath taller timber trees: "the second crop was of underwood and coppice"
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noun. un· der· wood ˈən-dər-ˌwu̇d. : undergrowth, underbrush. Word History. First Known Use. 14th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of underwood was in the 14th century. See more words from the same century. Dictionary Entries Near underwood. underwitted. underwooded. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry.
noun. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest. synonyms: underbrush, undergrowth. see more.
Define underwood. underwood synonyms, underwood pronunciation, underwood translation, English dictionary definition of underwood. n. The underbrush or understory of a forest.
Underwood definition: woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.. See examples of UNDERWOOD used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the noun underwood is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for underwood is from before 1325, in Statutes of the Realm . underwood is formed within English, by derivation.
Noun. Singular: underwood. Plural: underwoods. Origin of Underwood. The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood. In both cases the name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English. From Wiktionary.
Apr 25, 2023 · Noun. [edit] underwood (countable and uncountable, plural underwoods) Underbrush, undergrowth. [edit] underwooded. Categories: English terms prefixed with under- English lemmas. English nouns. English uncountable nouns. English countable nouns. English terms with quotations.
Define Underwoods. Underwoods synonyms, Underwoods pronunciation, Underwoods translation, English dictionary definition of Underwoods. n. The underbrush or understory of a forest.
Definitions. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. noun The underbrush or understory of a forest. from The Century Dictionary. noun Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
Underwood /ˈʌndəˌwʊd/ n. Rory. born 1963, British Rugby Union football player; played for England (1984–99), becoming Britain's most capped player.
