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How to pronounce briary in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny
Derivation briar

Examples of briary

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Soft, briary fruits meld seamlessly with mineral-dominated earthiness.
From the tennessean.com
Briary, with notes of black cherry, licorice and cracked black pepper.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Offers a nose of plum, ripe briary fruit and hints of chocolate.
From the sfgate.com
A briary, blackberry-leaf aspect is matched by the volcanic-soil spice, citrus and fresh raspberry.
From the sfgate.com
Devil's Corner, just out, is a strong wine with some attractive briary sappiness, wild herbs and raspberries.
From the canberratimes.com.au
The amber color goes deeper than any others I sampled, and the pleasant bite is far more like a briary Scotch whisky from Islay.
From the bloomberg.com
Spicy, briary hedgerow fruit and nicely firm tannins combine in an inky, dense but impressively vibrant red for red meat and cold evenings.
From the guardian.co.uk
Aromas of plums, licorice, truffles, herbs, and briary black fruits are followed by a soft, plump, voluptuously textured zin to consume over the next three to four years.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Barbed: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
  • Denotes a wine having an aggressive, prickly taste best described as "peppery". Sometimes combined with the adjective "brawny" to characterize a young red wine with high alcohol and tannin content.
  • Describes young wines with an earthy or stemmy wild berry character.
  • A term used to indicate a mixed berry fruit flavour, coupled with spicy notes.