English Explanatory Dictionary

briar-patch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dense thicket of thorny plants; ground made impassable by the impenetrable overgrowth of prickly vegetation.
  2. An intellectual or philosophical issue abounding with seemingly unresolvable problems; a theoretical quandary or impasse.

Word forms

briar-patch briar-patches briar patch brier-patch brier patch
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