sprig
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
a sprig of laurel or of parsley
- noun An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
- noun One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
- noun A youth; a lad.
- noun A brad, or nail without a head.
- noun A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
- noun A house sparrow.
- verb To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
Similar words
branchlet twig parsley spray shootling spring spur watersprout sprout spear
Often followed by
of fresh or in and from thyme parsley to
Word family
sprigged sprigging sprigs
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