COPSE

brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket

(noun) a dense growth of bushes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

copse (plural copses)

A thicket of small trees or shrubs.

Synonyms

• coppice

Verb

copse (third-person singular simple present copses, present participle copsing, simple past and past participle copsed)

(transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut.

(transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve.

Anagrams

• -scope, OPSEC, Pecos, copes, scope, Ī¼-scope, Ī¼scope

Source: Wiktionary


Copse, n. Etym: [Contr. from coppice.]

Definition: A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

Copse, v. t.

1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell.

2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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