English Explanatory Dictionary

copse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
  2. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
  3. Any woodland or woodlot.
verb
  1. To trim or cut.
  2. To plant and preserve.

Pronunciation

/kɒps/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-copse.wav

Word forms

copse copses copsing copsed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

coppice mott thicket bush orchard stand wood woods

Derived words

copselike copsewood copsy
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary