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
  • Only 10 minutes from the scenic harbor of Camden, the landscape is rural without being rural—in the woods, but just a short drive to seaside life.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
  • For him, hunting and conservation aren't just about what happens in the woods.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of woods
Noun
  • The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In Turmus Ayya, a village northeast of Ramallah, Mayor Nawaf Zghoul said settlers early Friday had burned several cars in the hamlet’s surrounding olive groves.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of groves
Noun
  • Rival urban commuters often cross the $1,500 threshold when fitted with hydraulic brakes and advanced torque sensors so Lectric’s US$1,099 price tag is head-turning.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
  • According to the call log, a witness told police a vehicle was traveling at a high speed, suddenly hit the brakes and went off the roadway, down an embankment.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of brakes
Noun
  • Selective harvesting can help restore kelp forests, Salomon says, but doing so effectively requires sustained effort.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the breaks stood forests of giant kelp, each capable of growing as much as 50 centimeters a day.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Cue an enthralling chase sequence, doubling back through those higgledy-piggledy Portland streetscapes, toward the woods — the impenetrable thickets and thorns of which magically part in her presence.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 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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