Definitions for briar

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briar bri·ar

Spelling: [brahy-er]

IPA: /ˈbraɪ ər/

Briar is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in briar (abirr).

Definitions for briar

noun

1. brier1 .
2. brier2 .
3. brier3 .
4. a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
5. a tangled mass of prickly plants.
6. a thorny stem or twig.
7. the white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, the woody root of which is used for making tobacco pipes.
8. a pipe made of brierroot.
9. (chiefly in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee) a term used to refer to a rustic or hillbilly, especially one from Appalachia.

Origin of briar

before 1000; Middle English brer, Old English brǣr, brēr; akin to bramble

Examples for briar

A briar pipe is made, not from briar, but from the root of heather, Fr.

He followed Sweet briar River on his way to the meeting of the clans.

“It certainly is thrilling,” said briar, raising her voice in her excitement.

The explorer was puffing at his briar luxuriously, and turned to the doctor.

He extracted a tobacco pouch, a briar pipe, and a jet-flame lighter.

They came to the wood of the briar and rose, There Sidselil craved for a while to repose.

Hips are preferred; at least, the fruit of the briar is the first of the two to disappear.

Fitzhugh took out his briar and began filling it as he spoke.

He was yellow with fever, and the hand that filled the briar pipe shook with ague.

He stared at the bowl of his briar for a moment, then looked up at Cannon.