twig
A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
Example
“They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.”
Other meanings
Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed.
A kind of
- branch
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "twicg" (twigg).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “twig” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.