Copse Definition

kŏps
copses
noun
copses
A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
(horticulture) To trim or cut.
Wiktionary
(horticulture) To plant and preserve.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Copse

Noun

Singular:
copse
Plural:
copses

Origin of Copse

  • Middle English copys from Old French copeiz thicket for cutting from coper, couper to cut cope1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.

    From Wiktionary

Copse Sentence Examples

  • I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.

  • He stayed with them and was shocked when the car left the road, bumping into a secluded copse, frightening the girl.

  • As the track begins to curve to the left a small path enters a small copse to the left.

  • On the left our troops were close to a copse, in which smoked the bonfires of our infantry who were felling wood.

  • French windows lead from the room into the garden at the far end of which is a wooded copse.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOP

Words Ending With

ESEPSE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With SE

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With E