English Explanatory Dictionary

bosket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒskɪt/

Word forms

bosket boskets bosquet

Etymology

Borrowed from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, diminutive of bosco (“wood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Doublet of bouquet.

Related words

ambush bush
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