HEDGEROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hedgerow mean? 

• HEDGEROW (noun)
  The noun HEDGEROW has 1 sense:

1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

  Familiarity information: HEDGEROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEDGEROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hedge; hedgerow

Hypernyms ("hedgerow" is a kind of...):

fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hedgerow"):

privet hedge (hedge of privet plants)

shelterbelt; windbreak (hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion)

 Context examples 

“Why, it is the hedgerows,” roared John, with a shout of laughter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Three years ago, this was nothing but a rough hedgerow along the upper side of the field, never thought of as anything, or capable of becoming anything; and now it is converted into a walk, and it would be difficult to say whether most valuable as a convenience or an ornament; and perhaps, in another three years, we may be forgetting—almost forgetting what it was before.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)