copse C1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /kɒps/ See IPA manual Freq #57038 Meanings 1 noun Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not. Agrimonie groweth in places not tylled, in rough stone mountaynes, in hedges and Copses, and by waysides. 2 noun a dense growth of bushes 3 noun A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level). 4 noun Any woodland or woodlot. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · any thicket of small trees... bushorchardthicket 2 noun · a dense growth of bushes brush 3 noun · a coppice: an area of... mott 4 noun · any woodland or woodlot. standwoodwoods More coppice Word family Derived forms copselikecopsewoodcopsy Etymology 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # copse **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɒps/ **Frequency rank:** 57038 ## Meanings 1. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not. 2. a dense growth of bushes 3. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level). 4. Any woodland or woodlot. ## Examples - Agrimonie groweth in places not tylled, in rough stone mountaynes, in hedges and Copses, and by waysides. ## Synonyms - coppice ## Derived Forms - copselike - copsewood - copsy ## Etymology 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown