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A copse is a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related entries of copse from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
noun [ C ] uk / kɒps / us / kɑːps / Add to word list. a small group of trees. Compare. coppice noun. thicket. Photos by R A Kearton/Moment/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Forestry. afforestation. agroforestry. arborist. brush. carbon sink. clearing. cut down. deforest. lumberjack. old growth. ranger. slash-and-burn.
They were passing through a little copse, where the light was but misty and indistinct, and where the road made a sudden sharp turn almost at right angles, affording complete shelter to any person or persons lying in ambush. When they came to beyond the copse, after it touched the Professor's garden, they paused and took in the view.
Copse definition: a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.. See examples of COPSE used in a sentence.
Definitions of copse. noun. a dense growth of trees, shrubs, or bushes. synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket. see more. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
Definition of copse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "COPSE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
