quail brush
noun
Simple meaning
Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kwaylbruhshSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkweɪlbˈɹʌʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
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noun
Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
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This meaning: Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
Used this way, quail brush is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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