BRIAR
What does "BRIAR" mean?
A prickly, thorny shrub, especially a wild rose or bramble.
Meanings
- A thorny bush or tangled prickly plant such as a wild rose or bramble. His coat snagged on a briar at the edge of the field.
- A white-flowered heath whose woody root is used to make tobacco pipes; a pipe made from it. He packed his old briar and lit it on the porch.
Did you know?
- The 'briar' pipe is named by a happy accident: it is carved from the root burl of a Mediterranean heath, not from a thorny briar at all - the name drifted in from French 'bruyère'.
Word origin
From Old English 'brer' or 'braer', meaning a prickly bush; the pipe sense comes via the French 'bruyère' (heath), reshaped by association with the thorny plant.
Remember it
BRIAR hides 'BRI-AR' - say it like 'pry-er,' the thorn that pries at your sleeve.
A little poem
The rose guards itself-
every petal wears below
a briar of small knives.
haiku
Wordplay
- The smoker and the bramble both go by briar, but only one of them will let you go.
What it teaches
The same plant gives the thorn and the bloom; beauty and defense often share a root.
Quick facts
What does BRIAR mean?
A prickly, thorny shrub, especially a wild rose or bramble.
Is BRIAR a valid word?
Yes — BRIAR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BRIAR?
BRIAR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BRIAR come from?
From Old English 'brer' or 'braer', meaning a prickly bush; the pipe sense comes via the French 'bruyère' (heath), reshaped by association with the thorny plant.
What can BRIAR teach us?
The same plant gives the thorn and the bloom; beauty and defense often share a root.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.