Usually means: Dense, overgrown thicket of cane.
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  1. canebrake: Merriam-Webster
  2. canebrake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. canebrake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. canebrake: Collins English Dictionary
  5. canebrake: Vocabulary.com
  6. Canebrake, canebrake: Wordnik
  7. canebrake: Wiktionary
  8. canebrake: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. canebrake: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. canebrake: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Canebrake, canebrake: Dictionary.com
  12. Canebrake (region of Alabama), Canebrake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Canebrake: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. canebrake: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. canebrake: Rhymezone
  16. Canebrake: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. canebrake: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. canebrake: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. canebrake: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (canebrake)

▸ noun:  (US) A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.

Similar:
cane brake, cane, switchcane, caneberry, switch cane, seedcane, hill cane, canefield, sugar bush, sugarcane, more...

Opposite:
clearing, meadow, field, prairie, savanna

Phrases:
canebrake rattlesnake, canebrake rattler, more...

Adjectives:
thick, dense, large, tall, big, neighboring, impenetrable, nearby, sultry, nearest, vast

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Similar:
cane brake, cane, switchcane, caneberry, switch cane, seedcane, hill cane, canefield, sugar bush, sugarcane, more...

Opposite:
clearing, meadow, field, prairie, savanna

Phrases:
canebrake rattlesnake, canebrake rattler, more...

Adjectives:
thick, dense, large, tall, big, neighboring, impenetrable, nearby, sultry, nearest, vast



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