A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.
[Middle English copys, from Old French copeiz, thicket for cutting, from coper, couper, to cut. See cope1.]
copse
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IN BRIEF: A thicket or grove.
The young couple hid themselves in a leafy copse.
Tutor's tip: The "cops" (police) found suspicious tracks in the "copse" (a thicket or grove, also spelled "coppice").
| WordNet: copse |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a dense growth of bushes
Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket
| Wikipedia: Copse |
A copse is an English term for a small lowland woodland. It is often used as a part of a place name, for example Borthwood Copse on the Isle of Wight, or Moor Copse near Tidmarsh.
The term is derived from the similar and linked word coppice. Most woodlands which have copse as a part of their name were probably coppiced once, but this does not mean that the practice continues today, as it was once a lot more popular than it is now. As coppicing was mostly practiced in lowland England, this is the area where use of the word is most common.
However, the word has entered the language as a term simply meaning a small woodland, and perhaps implying some rustic overtones, and so it is occasionally given to new woodlands or applied to areas which have no connection with coppicing.
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- The "copse of trees" at the High-water mark of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
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| Translations: Copse |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - krat, lille skov
Nederlands (Dutch)
klein (hakhout)bosje
Français (French)
n. - taillis
Deutsch (German)
n. - Niederwald, Wäldchen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δασύλλιο, συστάδα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bosque (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - soto, bosquecillo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - småskog, slyskog
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小灌木材, 杂树林
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小灌木材, 雜樹林
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) غابه صغيرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סבך, חורשה
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