Thesaurus results for CHAPARRAL

chaparral

noun

ˌsha-pə-ˈral

Definition of chaparral

as in grove

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the rabbit darted into the chaparral

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Recent Examples of chaparral Readers also can tell with a glance whether the risk of wildfires is rising or falling, data that is of special interest to people who live in areas close to highly flammable chaparral. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy. — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026 That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph. — Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025 It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush. — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chaparral

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The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of grove

Noun

At the center of the sprawling property is a 10,500-square-foot residence, accessible via a mile-long drive that winds through forest and across a curved stone bridge.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Growing issue Sea level rise due to climate change is the biggest contributor to the growth of ghost forests.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of forest

Noun

Just before dusk, four or five does walked under the tree, and then a four-point buck followed, stopping beneath me to rub his antlers on a bush.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Tortoises routinely seek shade under dense bushes, vanish into mangroves, or shelter from the scorching equatorial sun.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of bush

Noun

Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Cue an enthralling chase sequence, doubling back through those higgledy-piggledy Portland streetscapes, toward the woods — the impenetrable thickets and thorns of which magically part in her presence.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of thicket

Noun

Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of brushwood

Noun

The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

— Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020

Definition of coppice

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But that concern has been addressed here thanks to the aforementioned brake upgrades, which deliver confident stopping power at speed as well as excellent pedal feel.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Brabus The bike is mostly black, but the carbon-fiber wheel covers, brake calipers, and even the leather seat are white to create the right contrast.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

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