Bullrush

Definitions: Bullrush

Bullrush

Noun

1. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.

2. Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.

Synonyms: Bullrush

Synonyms: bulrush (n), cat's-tail (n), common rush (n), nailrod (n), reed mace (n), reedmace (n), soft rush (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bullrush

English words defined with "bullrush": lesser bullrush. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Bullrush

"Bullrush" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bullrush" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Bullrush

Expression using "bullrush": lesser bullrush. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bullrush

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bullrush	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Bullrush

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bullrush": bullrushes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bullrush

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-h-l-l-r-s-u-u"
	-1 letter: bulrush.
	-3 letters: blurs, blush, brush, buhls, buhrs, bulls, burls, hulls, hurls, lulus, rubus, shrub, slurb.
	-4 letters: blur, buhl, buhr, bull, burl, burs, bush, hubs, hull, hurl, lulu, lush, rhus, rubs, rush, shul, slub, slur, sulu, ulus, urbs, urus.
	-5 letters: bur, bus, hub, rub, sub, ulu, urb.
	Words containing the letters "b-h-l-l-r-s-u-u"
	+2 letters: bullrushes.
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