copse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copse
First recorded in 1570–80; alteration of coppice
Example Sentences
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I remember pulling my rental car into the parking lot of a small church tucked away in a copse.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024
The trench is in a wooded copse, surrounded by fields, a thick canopy of trees provides cover.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
Around every bend are tiny rewards — a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023
They watched him leap the bank of the further copse and disappear through the green bracken.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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