| Pronunciation: | | 'skrubee
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| Matching Terms: | | scrubbed, scrubber, scrubbing, scrubbing brush, scrubbird, scrubboard
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- [adj] inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
- [adj] sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods"
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| | Synonyms: | | inferior, scrabbly, scrawny, stunted, wooded |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scrub"by\, a. [Compar. {Scrubbier}; superl.
{Scrubbiest}.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. ``Dense, scrubby woods.'' --Duke of
Argull.
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