Definitions for Canebrake

Canebrake cane·brake

Spelling: [keyn-breyk]
IPA: /ˈkeɪnˌbreɪk/

Canebrake is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in Canebrake (aabceeknr).

Definitions for Canebrake

noun

  1. a thicket of canes.

Origin of Canebrake

An Americanism dating back to 1765-75; cane + brake2

Examples for Canebrake

When father first came here, this side of the river was all canebrake too.

We have been in the canebrake for some time, and all we have got has been a small doe.

He had never thought of it, except as forest and canebrake, in which the Indians had always roamed, but evidently it was not so.

From the canebrake a nightingale was singing softly, as if the beauty of the night had subdued its plaintive song.

The "bear sign" had been discovered in the canebrake about three miles from camp.

When they found him he was sleeping heavily, exhausted, in a canebrake.

Then, stretching his muscles a little, to remove all stiffness or soreness he emerged from the canebrake.

The British encampment was formed near the creek, on a piece of open ground flanked on two sides by a canebrake.

I reckon that all the young gentlemen had their fill of the canebrake.

Bill, who was to guide the party through the maze of the canebrake, was a type.

Word Value for Canebrake
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