copse

kɒps

Definition of copse - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

nature

thicket of small trees or shrubs

A fox darted into the copse to hide.

brushwood

grove

thicket

forestry

TECH.

area of woodland managed by coppicing

TECH.

The copse was regularly cut to promote new growth.

grove

thicket

woodland

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thicket of small trees or shrubs
area of woodland managed by coppicing

Origin of copse

Middle English, coppice (small wood)

Examples of copse in a sentence

The copse provided shelter from the wind.
A small copse bordered the farmer's field.
Birds nested in the dense copse near the river.

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French:bosquet, bois, ...
German:Wäldchen, Niederwald, ...
Italian:boschetto, ceduo, ...
Spanish:bosquecillo, arboleda, ...
Portuguese:bosque, bosquete, ...
Chinese:小树林, ...
Japanese:雑木林, コップス, ...
Arabic:غَابَة صَغِيرَة, مَجْمُوعَةُ أَشْجارٍ صَغيرَةٍ, ...
Hebrew:סְבַךְ עֵצִים, חוּרְשַׁת קָצִיר, ...
Russian:роща, лесок, ...
Ukrainian:гай, ...
Hindi:झुरमुट, वन क्षेत्र, ...
Bengali:ঝোপঝাড়, বনভূমি, ...
Catalan:bosquet, bosc tallat, ...
Czech:houština, pařezina, ...
Danish:krat, lund, ...
Dutch:bosje, hakhoutbos, ...
Greek:συστάδα, μικρό δάσος, ...
Hungarian:liget, erdősarj, ...
Khmer:ព្រៃតូចក្រាស់, ព្រៃតូច, ...
Korean:덤불, 잡목림, ...
Persian:بیشه, بیشه‌زار, ...
Polish:zagajnik, las odroślowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):bosque, capão, ...
Romanian:tufăriș, dumbravă, ...
Swedish:dunge, lund, ...
Thai:ป่าเล็ก, ป่าไม้, ...
Turkish:çalılık, ...
Vietnamese:lùm cây, khu rừng, ...

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