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- pronunciation:
- skruhb
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
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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
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| definition 2: |
an undersized, inferior, or insignificant person or thing.
- synonyms:
- nobody, runt, shrimp, twerp
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| definition 3: |
a domesticated animal of mixed breed; mongrel.
- synonyms:
- mongrel
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| definition 4: |
in team sports, a player not belonging to the regular, varsity, or first-string team.
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| related words: |
bush, moor |
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| 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
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| definition 2: |
abounding in low shrubs and trees.
- synonyms:
- brushy, scrubby
- similar words:
- bushy, shrubby
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