bosk

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noun

a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

Origin of bosk

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

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How to use bosk in a sentence

Great bosks of ferns grew beside, and here and there a bush burning with autumn color.
The Other Girls | Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for bosk

bosk

/ (bɒsk) /

noun

literary a small wood of bushes and small trees

Origin of bosk

C13: variant of busk bush 1

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