What does copse mean?
Definitions for copse
kɒpscopse
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word copse.
Princeton's WordNet
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun
a dense growth of bushes
Wiktionary
copsenoun
A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
copseverb
To trim or cut.
copseverb
To plant and preserve.
Etymology: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Copsenoun
Short wood cut at a certain growth for fuel; a place overgrown with short wood.
Etymology: abbreviated from coppice.
The East quarters of the shire are not destitute of copse woods. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.
Oaks and brambles, if the copse be burn’d,
Confounded lie, to the same ashes turn’d. Edmund Waller.But in what quarter of the copse it lay,
His eye by certain level could survey. John Dryden, Fables.To Copseverb
To preserve underwoods.
Etymology: from the noun.
The neglect of copsing wood cut down, hath been of very evil consequence. Jonathan Swift, Address to Parliament.
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copse
A copse is a small group of trees or a small wooded area, typically containing bushes, shrubs, and undergrowth. It’s smaller than a forest but larger than a single tree or a simple cluster of trees.
Webster Dictionary
Copsenoun
a wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice
Copseverb
to trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc
Copseverb
to plant and preserve, as a copse
Etymology: [Contr. from coppice.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of copse in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of copse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of copse in a Sentence
Everyone who's driven that corner knows you don't stick a wheel up the inside at Copse, he's put him in the fence. Thank god he's not been hurt. It was a desperate move.
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- copseGerman
- bosquecillo, matorral, sotoSpanish
- کثیفPersian
- vesakkoFinnish
- boqueteau, taillisFrench
- rosánIrish
- preasarlach, frith-choilleScottish Gaelic
- bosco ceduo, macchia, fratta, boschettoItalian
- 雑木林Japanese
- oroMāori
- bosschageDutch
- skogholtNorwegian
- zagajnikPolish
- bosquePortuguese
- dumbravă, tufiș de arbuști, crâng, pădure măruntă, subarboretRomanian
- подлесок, зарослиRussian
- skogsdungeSwedish
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