coppice

n.

A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.

[Old French copeiz. See copse.]

A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of willow trees for basketry.

IN BRIEF: n. - A dense growth of bushes.

Tutor's tip: The "cops" (police) found suspicious tracks in the "copse" (a thicket or grove, also spelled "coppice").

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a dense growth of bushes
  Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - krat, underskov
v. tr. - beskære for at fremelske nye skud

Nederlands (Dutch)
klein (hakhout)bosje, groeien als hakhout, tot op de stronk kappen

Français (French)
n. - taillis, hallier
v. tr. - couper en taillis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Niederwald, Wäldchen
v. - in einen Niederwald verwandeln, Niederwald bilden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δασύλλιο, συστάδα

Italiano (Italian)
boschetto, diradare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bosque (m)

Русский (Russian)
подлесок

Español (Spanish)
n. - bosquecillo, soto
v. tr. - tallar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - småskog, slyskog

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小灌木林, 杂树林, 使成长为矮林, 使成长为萌生林, 使保持为矮林, 使保持为萌生林

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小灌木林, 雜樹林
v. tr. - 使成長為矮林, 使成長為萌生林, 使保持為矮林, 使保持為萌生林

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 관목 숲
v. tr. - (성장 자극 등을 위해 나무 등을) 잘라 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 低林, 矮林, 萌芽林, しば, 雑木林

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غابه صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חורשה, סבך, שטח גידול של עצים צעירים‬
v. tr. - ‮חתך תקופתית עצים צעירים כדי לדרבן את צמיחתם‬

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