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单词 bosk
释义

bosk

noun

ˈbäsk How to pronounce bosk (audio)
variants or bosque
: a small wooded area

Synonyms

  • boscage
  • boskage
  • bosquet
  • brake
  • brushwood
  • chaparral
  • coppice
  • copse
  • covert
  • thicket
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Example Sentences

the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators

Word History

Etymology

probably back-formation frombosky

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

bosk

noun

variants also bosque
as in bush
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bush
  • brushwood
  • forest
  • bosquet
  • grove
  • thicket
  • copse
  • boskage
  • chaparral
  • coppice
  • brake
  • canebrake
  • wood
  • woodland
  • brush
  • covert
  • bramble
  • hedge
  • scrub
  • greenwood
  • jungle
  • stand
  • boscage
  • scrubland
  • wildwood
  • tangle
  • woodlot
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