thick scrub
Frequency: 5.82.5 per million words
Similar to dense, emphasizing impenetrability.
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Examples (10)
- The explorers struggled through the thick scrub for hours.
- Beyond the fence lay miles of impenetrable thick scrub.
- Wildlife found shelter deep within the thick scrub.
- Fire spread rapidly through the dry, thick scrub.
- We had to cut a path through the thick scrub to reach the river.
- The old trail was completely overgrown with thick scrub.
- From the hilltop, we could see vast expanses of thick scrub stretching to the horizon.
- Locals warned us about getting lost in the thick scrub after dark.
- The small birds nested securely in the thick scrub, hidden from predators.
- Despite the harsh conditions, the thick scrub thrived in the arid region.