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
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
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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
Most days, he can be found outside, smoking and pacing in a copse of trees right next to the hotel entrance.
—Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
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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
Most days, he can be found outside, smoking and pacing in a copse of trees right next to the hotel entrance.
—Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copse
Noun
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Several rural areas of the county, former ranches and citrus groves, are currently in the process of selling and are being prepared for development.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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And to a collective—of parents and grandparents and ancestors and olive groves and hillsides that endured and perished or endured and survived and passed on their memories and practices and language to me, to us.—
Cindy Juyoung Ok
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The spa menu boasts a long list of bodywork treatments options, including the fire & ice massage, which soothes sore muscles with a combination of hot stones and cooling recovery balm, facials and body scrubs using ingredients from the forest, and a fireside massage package for two.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 June 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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Fabrice Pothier, then NATO’s director of policy planning, told me that officials confronted a thicket of bureaucracy and regulations governing the movement of military equipment across European borders.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Years of research poke holes in that idea, and buyers navigating a thicket of add-on dealer costs would disagree.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 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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Much of that region is covered by chaparral and grassland, which can be very flammable.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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In November, when the trees and bushes around the home were bare, police returned to search the surrounding area but again could not find her.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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The British soldiers fought in red uniforms with orderly precision and methodical execution; Marion fought in camouflage from trees and bushes.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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This would deliver a damaging blow to an already fragile Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which has for decades served as a crucial brake on the spread of nuclear weapons.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Investors haven't slammed the brakes on all stocks in the solar energy sector, with shares of solar panel makers First Solar and Toyo taking less damage.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copse. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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