copse
3
7.5
- noun
- /kɑps/
- A fox darted across the path and disappeared into the nearby copse of bushes.
- a copse of trees
Examples
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At the edge of the lake was a rocky outcropping covered by a scraggly copse of dark green trees.
Fiction book (1999) -
We stopped to rest beside a peaceful copse of oak trees during our hike.
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There was a copse of trees near the ninth green.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the top of what seemed like a rapidly expanding earth was a copse of pine trees.
Academic text (2011) -
Lestat walks the youth toward a copse of trees.
Fiction book (1994) -
The biggest copse, in the postage stamp corner, was about the size of a house lot.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Harper, we found their runners, tied up in a copse just off the old sea road," the older lad reported.
Fiction book (1991) -
Next to the tile-roofed house stands a copse of trees in which a pack of wolves is sleeping.
Academic text (1996) -
Nearer, over a copse of shiny green oaks, a flock of chattering starlings lifted and milled.
Fiction book (1999) -
The children played hide and seek in the small copse at the edge of the field.
Synonyms
71
2.8
A small group of trees that grow close together, often planted for fruit
58
2.2
A thick group of small trees and bushes
16
5.1
A thick area of bushes and small trees that grow close together
16
5.5
A group of trees of the same kind growing close together
10
3.4
An area in a garden or park where small bushes grow together
1
5.7
An area of thick bushes that is hard to walk through
1
9.1
Small area of trees or bushes that are cut to the ground regularly to make new growth
1
9.9
A small group of trees standing alone in open land
A small group of trees growing close together
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Etymology
Copse comes from the older word coppice, which comes from a word meaning 'to cut' because people used to cut trees back so many new shoots would grow and make a low, dense group. That's why copse means a small group of trees or bushes growing close together.