| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | br k |
| NOUN: | An area overgrown with dense brushwood, briers, and undergrowth; a thicket. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Middle Low German. See bhreg- in Appendix I.
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