Definitions for privets

privets priv·et

Spelling: [priv-it]
IPA: /ˈprɪv ɪt/

Privets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in privets (eiprstv).

Definitions for privets

noun

  1. any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.

Origin of privets

First recorded in 1535-45; origin uncertain

Examples for privets

The gate in the privet hedge of The Witan had had little rest all the afternoon.

And then the old tavern came into sight behind its new hedge of privet.

It comes freely to sugar, and has been taken at privet blossom.

Used a great deal for hedges before the days of the California privet.

What's your notion of a California privet hedge and entertaining the same?

privet can easily be grown from cuttings, and I have raised Box from clippings.

The larv, however, are to be met with in abundance in privet hedges.

“Sandal-buds”: the sandal is a low tree, like a privet, and has a great fragrance.

Sometimes these elevations are crowned with privet or some light hedge-plant.

After all, the privet was thick and Tony might not have seen.

Word Value for privets
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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