boscage

noun

ˈbä-skij How to pronounce boscage (audio)
variants also boskage
Definition of boscagenext
as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the land was dotted with tangled boscage that slowed any passage through it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boscage
  1. grove
  2. brake
  3. forest
  4. thicket
  5. bush
  6. chaparral
  7. coppice
  8. brushwood
Noun
  • If space permits, homeowners can recreate a slice of that with a small grove of oaks.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Then, just nine months later, came the collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves near the village of Urda into a scene of carnage.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of grove
Noun
  • The biggest tremors were felt in shares of companies tied to the boom in artificial intelligence on concerns that a Democratic Congress will put the brakes on further development of data centers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Apply the brakes if a collision is unavoidable to lessen the force of the crash.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of brake
Noun
  • Five cabins are next, set to open in an oak forest on the property, where winemaker Cristián Vallejo ages natural wine in clay amphorae.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Roughly an hour and a half from campus sits Salt Creek Falls, which offers spectacular waterfall views poking through dense forests.
    — Austin Perry, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of forest
Noun
  • He hadn’t been gone very long, but the county in Virginia is wooded, with streams and thickets and tangles.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The buck whirled and took off into a massive thicket of mountain laurel cover.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of thicket
Noun
  • The latter is a short flight from the brand’s Serengeti lodge and has been built with a bush-and-beach pairing in mind.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The swaying bushes showed that the buck was now chasing one or both does.
    — ANGUS CAMERON, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Native chaparral, the shrubby natural landscapes of the foothills, are becoming stressed and being replaced by grasses and other fire-prone invasive plants.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Stepping on stems is attention-getting, but the result is a wine that echoes the chaparral of the hillsides surrounding the vineyard.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Definition of chaparral
Noun
  • The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
  • Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
    — Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Definition of coppice
Noun
  • Phillips found many ways to monetize the estate, even turning brushwood cleared from the courses into paintbrushes.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Definition of brushwood
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