bosquet
noun
bos·quet ˈbä-skət 
: thicket
Synonyms
- boscage
- boskage
- bosk
- bosque
- brake
- brushwood
- chaparral
- coppice
- copse
- covert
- thicket
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Example Sentences
a dense bosquet shields the trailhead from the bridle path
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, "grove, thicket," going back to Middle French, probably borrowed from Old Occitan, from bosc "forest, wood" (going back to Germanic *boska-, *buska- "shrub, thicket") + -et -et entry 1 — more at bush entry 1
First Known Use
circa 1737, in the meaning defined above
bosquets
noun
as in chaparrals
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush a dense bosquet shields the trailhead from the bridle path Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- chaparrals
- boskages
- bosks
- bosques
- brushwoods
- bushes
- woods
- forests
- boscages
- copses
- groves
- coppices
- brakes
- thickets
- canebrakes
- jungles
- tangles
- woodlands
- coverts
- brushes
- greenwoods
- scrubs
- scrublands
- wildwoods
- hedges
- stands
- woodlots
- brambles