tree-root

I say temporarily because the problem is likely to recur, though it hadn't happened in the last seven years; his clearing the pipe brought up a lot of tree-root material, and his educated guess is that the pipe has a bad crack in it (we think from the big tree that the city replaced, three summers ago).

Saturday Wrapup melted_snowball 2008

It's possible a large EMP blast could knock out the electrical Eywa tree-root network at the new site, making it a lot safer for them.

What's Next for Avatar and James Cameron: Sequels & More! « FirstShowing.net 2009

I believe she thought I was like a smooth and bare precipice, which offered neither jutting stone nor tree-root, nor tuft of grass to aid the climber.

The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte 2006

This bore unexpected fruit shortly after her charge into the arboreal unknown, having slowed to a tired jog, had ended in a headlong tumble over an exposed tree-root.

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

The spur of the officer caught in a tree-root, he went down backwards with a crash, the middle of his back thudding sickeningly against a sharp-edged tree-base, the pot flying away.

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

Another tree-root saved him, his fingers curling round it.

The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

His foot struck a tree-root hidden by snow and he was pitched forward.

The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

On the downhill run his tired legs betrayed him and missing his footing he stumbled, fell and rolled down the slope, coming up hard against a tree-root which gouged his side.

Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988

Frodo was in the water close to the edge, and a great tree-root seemed to be over him and holding him down, but he was not struggling.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

Frodo woke up first, and found that a tree-root had made a hole in his back, and that his neck was stiff.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965