copse

Meaning

Noun

1. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
2. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
3. Any woodland or woodlot.

Verb

1. To trim or cut.
2. To plant and preserve.

Synonyms

grove

coppice

thicket

woods

brushwood

brush

bush

forest

boscage

small wood

holt

shrubbery

spinney

wood

🪵

grove of mixed trees

tree group

coppice wood

dwarf thicket

brake

bushes

chaparral

clump

crowd

herd

jungle

orchard

scrub

shrub

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒps/

Etymology

1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.