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scrub2

scrub2

 
pronunciation:
skruhb
parts of speech:
noun, adjective
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a low or stunted shrub or tree, or such plants collectively, or a large area covered with such growth.
There is only scrub in this part of the desert.
synonyms:
brush, brushwood
definition 2: an undersized, inferior, or insignificant person or thing.
synonyms:
nobody, runt, shrimp, twerp
definition 3: a domesticated animal of mixed breed; mongrel.
synonyms:
mongrel
definition 4: in team sports, a player not belonging to the regular, varsity, or first-string team.
 
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: undersized, inferior, or insignificant.
synonyms:
immature, inferior, insignificant, puny, stunted, underdeveloped, undersized
similar words:
dwarfish, inconsequential, miniature, petty, second-rate, second-string, small, trifling, trivial, two-bit
definition 2: abounding in low shrubs and trees.
synonyms:
brushy, scrubby
similar words:
bushy, shrubby