as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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Recent Examples of copse
After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Pawpaw clusters are identical clones The trees spread out through root shoots, so a stand of trees will likely be genetically similar, which means one copse relies on insects to carry pollen over from a genetically different copse.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2023
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Pawpaw clusters are identical clones The trees spread out through root shoots, so a stand of trees will likely be genetically similar, which means one copse relies on insects to carry pollen over from a genetically different copse.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copse
Noun
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And hidden away in a centuries-old pine grove, Hotel Pineta is an oasis for larger families, with double and triple rooms and an enticing, lagoon-style pool that meanders through the lush environs.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Droughts in Thailand and India boosted global sugar prices, while parched Spanish olive groves led to two years of soaring olive-oil prices.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Access the boardwalk from either end using paths that wind through mangrove forests before opening to the 10-foot-wide boardwalk and observation deck.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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These kelp forests help provide food and habitats for a wide variety of marine life, including fish, sea otters and seals, per the AP.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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Behind him stands a little girl, less than half his size, wearing a red dress, a red bow poking from the thicket of her heavy black hair.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Prospective buyers from these countries face a patent thicket, where a single drug may be covered by hundreds of patents.—
Nahim Bin Zahur,
The Conversation,
17 June 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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The Pacific Palisades Fire, the largest of the state’s current wildfires, for example, began as a brushfire and spread through dense chaparral, a shrubland plant community common to the state.—
Jeff Cercone,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Jan. 2025
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In Arizona, wildfires in shrublands or chaparral can be fueled by invasive grasses, like cheat grass.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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Jablonski tried to run away but fell into some bushes when one of the officers pushed him.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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As newborns, the 10 puppies were tossed into a bush near the Mission Viejo Animal Service Center.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 Aug. 2025
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The decision follows a lengthy period of back-and-forth between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the self-driving car developer, which announced its driverless car designed without steering wheels or brake pedals in 2022.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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That day, troopers responded to the report of an individual who was unconscious in a vehicle in a parking lot with their foot on the brake and the vehicle in drive.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copse. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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