copse

[kops]

noun

1. a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.

copse

/ kɒps /

noun

1. another word for coppice

Word History and Origins

Origin of copse¹

First recorded in 1570–80; alteration of coppice

Word History and Origins

Origin of copse¹

C16: by shortening from _coppice

Example Sentences

The trench is in a wooded copse, surrounded by fields, a thick canopy of trees provides cover.

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For years, a neighbor’s copse of sweet gums and oaks would filter the afternoon sun into her dining room.

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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.”

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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.”

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Smoke envelops a Russian bunker hit by the Ukrainians; the Buhay, hiding near a copse, is somehow spared from bombardment by enemy forces.

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