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Word entry · 8 letters

hedgerow

Best crossword clue

"Shrub fence line"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted deeghorwStarts with HEnds with W2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

Word origin

From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.

Used in a sentence

  • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
  • If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Shrub fence line8 letters
02Living fence8 letters

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