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Added 9 October 2026

copse

/kɒps/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about copse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dense growth of bushes.

Origin

1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.

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