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copse

[ kops ]

noun

  1. a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.


copse

/ °ìÉ’±è²õ /

noun

  1. another word for coppice
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of copse1

First recorded in 1570–80; alteration of coppice
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of copse1

C16: by shortening from coppice
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The trench is in a wooded copse, surrounded by fields, a thick canopy of trees provides cover.

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Shifa didn’t look convinced but she helped bring in the boat and wedge it under the cliff in a copse of coconut trees.

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For years, a neighbor’s copse of sweet gums and oaks would filter the afternoon sun into her dining room.

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Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.â€

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Around every bend are tiny rewards — a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.â€

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