Copse
noun
A small group of trees.
We had a picnic in the shade of a small copse near the river.
Often appears as...
- dense copse
- shady copse
noun
A small group of trees.
We had a picnic in the shade of a small copse near the river.
Often appears as...
- dense copse
- shady copse
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Size Matters
A 'copse' is smaller than a forest and usually refers to an area with fewer trees.
The children loved exploring the copse, small enough to not get lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Use 'copse' to describe a natural setting, not planned rows of trees in urban areas.
Birds sang from the copse, undisturbed by city noise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Dense
'Copse' should not be confused with 'forest' – it's usually less dense and easier to walk through.
Sunlight filtered through the copse, dappling the ground.
Pro Tip 1/3Size Matters
A 'copse' is smaller than a forest and usually refers to an area with fewer trees.
The children loved exploring the copse, small enough to not get lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Use 'copse' to describe a natural setting, not planned rows of trees in urban areas.
Birds sang from the copse, undisturbed by city noise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Dense
'Copse' should not be confused with 'forest' – it's usually less dense and easier to walk through.
Sunlight filtered through the copse, dappling the ground.
Pro Tip 1/3Size Matters
A 'copse' is smaller than a forest and usually refers to an area with fewer trees.
The children loved exploring the copse, small enough to not get lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Use 'copse' to describe a natural setting, not planned rows of trees in urban areas.
Birds sang from the copse, undisturbed by city noise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Dense
'Copse' should not be confused with 'forest' – it's usually less dense and easier to walk through.
Sunlight filtered through the copse, dappling the ground.
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Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
featuring open spaces of low grasses interspersed with copses of trees. The trees, by the way, are often preferred if they fork near the ground, that is to say, if they're trees you could scramble up if you were in a tight fix.
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Curing Blindness: How...
sneak over the border into an world in Angola there was civil war bombings and killings camps being attacked in the middle of the night while we are sleeping while hearing bullets flying all over your head copses all over the
Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
featuring open spaces of low grasses interspersed with copses of trees. The trees, by the way, are often preferred if they fork near the ground, that is to say, if they're trees you could scramble up if you were in a tight fix.
Video examples
Curing Blindness: How...
sneak over the border into an world in Angola there was civil war bombings and killings camps being attacked in the middle of the night while we are sleeping while hearing bullets flying all over your head copses all over the
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Quote examples
Michael Winter
Canadian Writer
Beaumont-Hamel sits within a thousand acres of French agriculture. The trenches are under this blanket of grass. In the 1920s, a park was established here and trees from Newfoundland imported to encircle the battlefield so you get the feeling of being within a copse of woods.
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David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
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Francis Parkman
American Historian
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
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Michael Paterniti
American Writer
The lucky village of Sodeto, in the kingdom of Aragon, is a cluster of sensible houses spackled together off the main road, curtained behind a pine copse.
Quote examples
Michael Winter
Canadian Writer
Beaumont-Hamel sits within a thousand acres of French agriculture. The trenches are under this blanket of grass. In the 1920s, a park was established here and trees from Newfoundland imported to encircle the battlefield so you get the feeling of being within a copse of woods.
Quote examples
David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
Quote examples
Francis Parkman
American Historian
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
Quote examples
Michael Paterniti
American Writer
The lucky village of Sodeto, in the kingdom of Aragon, is a cluster of sensible houses spackled together off the main road, curtained behind a pine copse.
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