Definitions for copse
kɒpscopse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun

   a dense growth of bushes

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. copsenoun

   A thicket of small trees or shrubs.

2. copseverb

   To trim or cut.

3. copseverb

   To plant and preserve.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Copsenoun

   a wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice

2. Copseverb

   to trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc

3. Copseverb

   to plant and preserve, as a copse

4. Etymology: [Contr. from coppice.]

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Anagrams for copse »

1. copes

2. scope

3. pecos

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of copse in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of copse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of copse in a Sentence

1. Christian Horner:

   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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=copse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Copse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=copse
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copse