copse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a dense growth of bushes

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket

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