boscages

noun

variants also boskages
plural of boscage
as in bushes
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 boscages
  1. woods
  2. groves
  3. brakes
  4. forests
  5. thickets
  6. chaparrals
Noun
  • Plum and taupe carpets and warm woods make for an inviting space; an accent wall of floral wallpaper adds a little personality.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
  • Perreault-Magny, a father of a toddler, said he's seen mothers carrying infants through the woods, their feet wrapped in aluminum foil to stave off the winter's cold.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of woods
Noun
  • The organization also said that homes, farmland, olive groves and livestock were destroyed in the blaze, and the New York Timesreported that two firefighters, aged 58 and 25, have been killed battling the fire.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • Aspen earns its name every autumn when hillsides shimmer with brilliant golden aspen groves.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of groves
Noun
  • The brakes, while cable-operated, do an effective job of slowing and stopping the Vienna.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of brakes
Noun
  • Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Healthy soils, wetlands, forests and working ecosystems aren’t just environmental assets.
    — Sara Roversi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • The retaliation works, and soon Cole and his men are marching on foot, scrabbling their way through thickets and swamps.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Across the street, the Llano River splashes its way over limestone formations and into reed thickets.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of thickets
Noun
  • An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of chaparrals
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