copse

Plural: copses

Noun

• A small wood or thicket of trees and shrubs.
• a dense growth of bushes
• A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
• Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
• Any woodland or woodlot.

Verb

• To trim or cut.
• To plant and preserve.

Examples

• Finding a short, high-scoring word like COPSE felt like a hidden gem in a dense forest.

Synonyms

brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket, bush, mott, orchard, stand, wood, woods