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copses

copses is the plural of copse.

Meaning of copse

Noun

copse (plural copses)

  1. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
    Synonyms:
    mott
  2. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
    • Agrimonie groweth in places not tylled, in rough stone mountaynes, in hedges and Copses, and by waysides.1578, Henry Lyte, transl., A niewe Herball or Historie of Plantes, translation of Cruydeboeck by Rembert Dodoens, page 57
    Synonyms:
    thicket, bush, orchard
  3. Any woodland or woodlot.
    Synonyms:
    stand, wood, woods

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Questions about copses

What is copses the plural of?
Copses is the plural of copse.

Words near copses in the dictionary

  1. cops the needle
  2. copsa
  3. copse
  4. copsed
  5. copselike
  6. copses
  7. copsewood
  8. copsewoods
  9. Copsey
  10. Copseys
  11. copshop

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