Thesaurus results for BOSQUETS

bosquets

noun

plural of bosquet

as in bushes

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush a dense bosquet shields the trailhead from the bridle path

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Noun

Aerial footage on Sunday showed a bomb disposal robot roaming between the vans in woods near the base.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Certain that Kaczynski is the man responsible for a string of bombings that killed three people and injured 23 others, Miller secretly travels to his isolated cabin in the Montana woods.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of woods

Noun

Venture to Northwest Florida—also known as Florida's Panhandle—where the Emerald Coast’s sugar-white sands meet the maritime forests of South Walton.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
In Southeast Asia, wildfires are torching forests and peatlands in Indonesia, sending up plumes of toxic haze.

— EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of forests

Noun

Continue west and the road winds through meadows, aspen groves and small roadside pullouts before climbing to Ripple Creek Pass at 10,343 feet.

— Joe Ruch, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of groves

Noun

Hitting the brakes and handing control to the federal government just insures that China and other adversaries will leave us in the dust.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
That support connection could become especially important in a vehicle where nobody can grab the steering wheel or hit the brakes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of brakes

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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.

— Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

Definition of copses

Noun

Wartime tunnels and bunkers Before 1965, Vịnh Mốc was a tranquil fishing village in central Vietnam, with a lush landscape of rice paddies, bamboo thickets and golden beaches.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Elk prefer thickets and blowdowns, especially where dense spruce trees grow.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

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