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 Aquitaine countryside unfolds in a collage of khaki, tan, and green, dotted with little ponds and copses of trees.
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Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies.
—Jess Thomson, Wired News, 27 Aug. 2025
Its 46 rooms have big picture windows that look onto copses of color-changing trees and cabin vibes from plenty of blonde wood.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
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Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies.
—Jess Thomson, Wired News, 27 Aug. 2025
Its 46 rooms have big picture windows that look onto copses of color-changing trees and cabin vibes from plenty of blonde wood.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copse
Noun
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Upon seeing it, the couple flipped for Ksar Char-Bagh, a 14th-century Moorish-style palace-turned-riad located within a palm grove.—
Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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These includes songs, dances and rituals that identified important communal resources such as springs, sacred groves and migration paths.—
Melinda Laituri,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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Called Andre's Lakeside Dining, the beloved waterfront eatery is home to breathtaking views – unique to the meadow-reminiscent forest in which it's tucked – and incredible fare.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Skywalker gibbons are particularly famous for their vocal prowess, with their songs echoing across the forest canopy.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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This wonderful, hardy, and disease-resistant tree gradually develops into a beautiful understory thicket, providing habitat for wildlife.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
21 Jan. 2026
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The plant in question actually consists of 70 Jurupa oak (Quercus palmeri) stem clusters, only three feet tall, that stand together as a flowering, non-acorn producing clonal colony in the form of a thicket, 82 feet long by 26 feet wide, estimated to be at least 13,000 years old.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
17 Jan. 2026
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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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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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With ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and ‘Moonstone’ as its parents, the 5-foot-tall bush is very thorny and has very good performance ratings.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Set at an elevation of over 1,706 feet, the farm's undulating hills were lined with what seemed like endless rows of verdant tea bushes.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Severino initially thanked DuPage for putting the brakes on early voting, but then encouraged people to avoid the polls for now, because his court case apparently will not be resolved until later this month.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Madison Avenue tapped the brakes on most somber Super Bowl commercials Sunday night, with many trying to do something Big Game ads haven’t always done — make people feel good.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copse. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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