copse|wood

copse|wood
copse|wood «KOPS WUD», noun.
1. the low trees and underwood of a copse.
2. Obsolete. a copse.

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  • Copse — Copse, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See {Coppice}. [1913 Webster] Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • copse — 1570s, small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting, contraction of COPPICE (Cf. coppice) …   Etymology dictionary

  • wood — / woods [n] forest copse, grove, lumber, thicket, timber, timberland, trees, weald, woodland; concepts 430,509,517 …   New thesaurus

  • wood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. forest, grove, timber, copse, coppice, thicket, spinny, bosque, bois; woods, woodland; board, plank, log, lumber. See materials. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wooden] Syn. woodlike, made of wood, hard;… …   English dictionary for students

  • copse — noun tall firs form a copse at the back of the house Syn: thicket, grove, wood, coppice, stand, bush, woodlot, brake, brush; archaic hurst, holt, boscage …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • wood — n. 1. Forest, grove, copse, thicket, wood land, forest land, timber land. 2. Timber …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • wood — noun 1) there should be enough wood left over to make a small shelf Syn: lumber, timber, planks, planking; logs, sawlogs 2) (usu. woods) a walk through the woods Syn: forest, woodland …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • wood — noun 1) polished wood Syn: timber, planks, logs; N.Amer. lumber 2) a walk through the woods Syn: forest, woodland, trees, copse, coppice, grove; Brit. spinney …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • copse — /kops/, n. a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood. Also, coppice. [1570 80; alter. of COPPICE] * * * …   Universalium

  • copse — Synonyms and related words: batch, bocage, boscage, bosk, bosket, brake, bunch, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, clump, cluster, coppice, copsewood, covert, crop, frith, group, grouping, groupment, grove, hassock, holt, hurst, knot, lot,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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