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fourré

filled

adjective noun foo-REH Rare
Animals & Nature Geography

Origin: From fourrer 'to stuff'

Also means

thicket

Usage Note

Fourré as an adjective means stuffed or filled, as in un chocolat fourré (a filled chocolate) or une veste fourrée (a padded jacket). As a masculine noun, un fourré means a thicket or dense undergrowth. The two senses come from the same verb fourrer (to stuff, to fill), but the noun has drifted to mean a place densely 'filled' with vegetation.

Examples

"Le renard se cacha dans le fourré."

Natural Translation

The fox hid in the thicket.

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