bosket
/ˈbɒskɪt/
bosket noun: a small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
Noun
bosket (plural boskets)
- A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
- When he returned from a swim in the broad and deep brook beyond the bosquet, with wet hair and tingling skin, Van got the rare treat of finding his foreglimpse of live ivory accurately reproduced [...].1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 98
Proper noun capitalized: Bosket
Bosket (plural Boskets)
- A surname.
Forms of bosket
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boskets |
| alternative form | bosquet |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Boskets |
Origin of bosket
Borrowed from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, diminutive of bosco (“wood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Doublet of bouquet.
Questions about bosket
- What does bosket mean?
- Bosket means a small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
- What part of speech is bosket?
- Bosket can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bosket?
- Bosket is pronounced /ˈbɒskɪt/.
- What is the plural of bosket?
- The plural of bosket is boskets.
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