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bosk

[ bosk ]
/ bɒsk /
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noun

a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

Words related to bosk

underbrush, clump, grove, woodland, wood, growth, forest, thicket, copse, underwood, firth, coppice, brushwood, shrubbery, covert, bush, woods, brake, brush, hedge

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Origin of bosk

1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk(e) < Old Norse buskr bush1
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British Dictionary definitions for bosk

bosk
/ (bɒsk) /

noun

literary a small wood of bushes and small trees

Word Origin for bosk

C13: variant of busk bush 1
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