bosk
noun
a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.
bosque
-
a variation of
bosk.
Example Sentences
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A flood in 1941 sent a huge amount of sediment down the Rio Grande and created a fertile bed for the beginnings of the bosque.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
The bosque along the middle Rio Grande in New Mexico is the largest such cottonwood forest in the country, stretching nearly 200 miles across New Mexico.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Bikers and hikers passed by on trails that cut through the wetlands and bosque and over the silvery minnow channel to the sandy banks of the Rio Grande.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019
I pushed through the dense bosque until I came to the bank of the river.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
On either side of us the dark brush of the bosque closed in.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
