bosk

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noun
  1. a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

Origin of bosk

1
1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk(e) <Old Norse buskrbush1

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British Dictionary definitions for bosk

bosk

/ (bɒsk) /


noun
  1. literary a small wood of bushes and small trees

Origin of bosk

1
C13: variant of busk bush 1

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