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

Related Words canebrake; brush, bush, scrub, scrubland; bramble, jungle, tangle; grove, hedge, stand, woodlot; forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

Variants of BOSK

bosk also bosque