copse

Other forms of copse

plural

copses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copse

What does copse mean?

copse means "a dense growth of bushes".

How many syllables are in copse?

copse has 1 syllable: copse.

What is another word for copse?

Close synonyms include brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copse a common word?

copse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.