bosk


bosk

noun

Definition of BOSK

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush <the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators>
Synonyms boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, covert

Variants of BOSK

bosk also bosque

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