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bosks

bosks is the plural of bosk.

Meaning of bosk

Noun

bosk (plural bosks)

  1. (obsolete except dialectal) A bush.
  2. (archaic) A thicket; a small wood.
    • Meantime, through well-known bosk and dell, / I'll lead where we may shelter well.1815, Walter Scott, “Canto Fifth”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co....
    Synonyms:
    copse, grove

Questions about bosks

What is bosks the plural of?
Bosks is the plural of bosk.

Words near bosks in the dictionary

  1. Boskopoid
  2. Boskopoids
  3. Boskos
  4. Boskovich
  5. Boskoviches
  6. bosks
  7. bosky
  8. Bosler
  9. Bosley
  10. Bosleys
  11. Bosma

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