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coppices

coppices is the plural of coppice.

Meaning of coppice

Noun

coppice (plural coppices)

  1. A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
    • […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    copse

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Questions about coppices

What is coppices the plural of?
Coppices is the plural of coppice.

Words near coppices in the dictionary

  1. coppice mining bee
  2. coppice mining bees
  3. coppiced
  4. coppicer
  5. coppicers
  6. coppices
  7. coppicing
  8. coppicings
  9. coppie
  10. coppied
  11. coppies

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