What is another word for twigs?

Pronunciation: [twˈɪɡz] (IPA)

Twigs are slender and small branches that usually grow from the ends of larger branches. These small branches are essential elements of trees, and they are instrumental in bearing fruits and flowers. When describing these slender branches, there are various synonyms that one can use, such as branchlets, boughs, spray, sprig, and switches. Additionally, poets and writers often use creative names for twigs, such as wands, faerie wands, wandlets, or magic sticks. These names are often used to infuse a sense of whimsy and magic into their works, and they add an imaginative element to describing something that might otherwise be considered mundane.

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Usage examples for Twigs

They live almost entirely on the so-called reindeer moss; but this failing them, they eat the young twigs of the trees.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Stas had observed on the previous days that Kali understood how to stir up a fire with wet twigs, so it occurred to him to order the negro to descend and try whether he would not succeed this time.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
He had no axe, but he tore off an armful or two of the thinner branches, with the twigs attached to them, to form a bed, and then, crawling down to the river, filled his smoke-blackened can and came back wearily to make a fire.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Twigs

  • No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and not just want to hack it off?
    Kyan Douglas
  • Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
    Carl Jung
  • A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
    Tecumseh
  • Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
    C. G. Jung
  • Rain-diamonds, this winter morning, embellish the tangle of unpruned pear-tree twigs; each solitaire, placed, it appearrs, with considered judgement, bears the light beneath the rifted clouds — the indivisible shared out in endless abundance.
    Denise Levertov

Related words: cypress, juniper, pine, oak, willow

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