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copse

Pronunciation: /kɒps/

The English word “copse” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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