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bosk

[ bosk ]
/ bɒsk /
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noun

a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

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Origin of bosk

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

Words nearby bosk

boschvark, Bose, Bose-Einstein condensate, Bose-Einstein statistics, bosh, bosk, bosker, bosket, Boskop, Boskop man, boskopoid
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Words related to bosk

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

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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