the bush
Remote rural Australia
Remote, sparsely settled land far from cities—especially the wild or semi-wild countryside of Australia, New Zealand, or Africa.
The bush implies rugged terrain where few people live: They spent three weeks camping in the bush.
In Australian English, the bush contrasts with urban life and carries associations of self-reliance and frontier character.
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- leafPlant's photosynthetic organ
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
Australia · shrubbery · wattle · go walkabout · hunting · swagman · stockman · eucalyptus · bushranger · undergrowth · grass · copse · pubic hair · kookaburra · scrubland · hidden in plain sight · dingo · kangaroo
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
the bushurban areas
Developed, populated regions
metropolitan areas · urban centers · downtown · civilization · town
bush, bushes, bushy, bushed, underbrush, bushfire, bushland, bushwhacker, bushman