No. 8,832 in French
branchages
Twigs or branches.
In a sentence
Les enfants ramassaient des branchages dans la forêt pour construire une cabane.
The children were collecting branches in the forest to build a hut.
The word 'branchages' refers to 'branches' of trees specifically in the context of gathering them as material.
Après la tempête, le jardin était jonché de branchages tombés des arbres.
After the storm, the garden was littered with branches fallen from the trees.
In this sentence, 'branchages' are referred to as debris scattered around due to fallen tree parts.
Nous avons utilisé des branchages pour allumer un feu dans le camping.
We used branches to start a fire at the campsite.
Here, 'branchages' are components of trees intentionally used as kindling material for a fire.
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