A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Used in a Sentence
tumbleweed
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tumbleweed.
Editorial note
Stop by the high school on a parent-teacher night and you’ll see tumbleweed blowing through the halls.
Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tumbleweed gathered in one view.
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tumbleweed.
noun
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
See also: russian-tumbleweed, winged-pigweed, russian-cactus, russian-thistle
noun
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
See also: russian-tumbleweed, winged-pigweed, russian-cactus, russian-thistle
noun
(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
See also: russian-tumbleweed, winged-pigweed, russian-cactus, russian-thistle
Example sentences
Stop by the high school on a parent-teacher night and you’ll see tumbleweed blowing through the halls.
What if the car sees a tumbleweed that it mistakes for a boulder and puts it into emergency stop mode?
In the American mid-west, the tall prairie grasses would have made it impossible for the tumbleweed to roll any distance.
During a sale, I also got the detailed plans for a Tumbleweed Home for $20, simple enough one could scrounge most of the materials.
The main reason the tumbleweed survived is agriculture.
> What if the car sees a tumbleweed that it mistakes for a boulder and puts it into emergency stop mode?
You can just picture the tumbleweed rolling by, a few strangers in the streets eyeing each other, the silhouette of the occasional monstrous beast of burden in the distance.
Well, in fairness Tumbleweed Homes are premium.
Just the tumbleweed rolling across the desert...
It's a barren dustbowl full of tumbleweed.
Am I truly 'doing my homework', or am I just like a tumbleweed, going from article to article, looking for more which confirms my already pre-existing biases?
I mentioned him in a comment before, but I think the way that the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has handled PR is a model for any startup.
Quote examples
Cornell is called "college" but Tumbleweed State Technical College is called college, too.
Proper noun examples
I've read quite a few complaints about Ubuntu 15.04+btrfs problems, for what is worth I had no problems with Fedora22 and Opensuse Tumbleweed.
I often hear stability issues with Tumbleweed, and even more complaints of software breaking after an upgrade (software upgrade, not OS upgrade) on ArchLinux.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tumbleweed in a sentence?
Stop by the high school on a parent-teacher night and you’ll see tumbleweed blowing through the halls.
What does tumbleweed mean?
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
What part of speech is tumbleweed?
tumbleweed is commonly used as noun.