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
- have over
- have pity
- have precedence over
- have priority
- have promise
- have sex
- have some surprises up their sleeves
- have someone back
- have someone in the palm of one's hand
- have someone on a string
- have someone or something all to oneself
- have someone or something covered
- have someone or something for lunch
- have someone or something in mind
- have someone or something to oneself
- have someone or something to thank for
- have someone or something to thank for something
- have someone pegged
- have someone stumped
- have someone taped
- have someone's (best) interests at heart
- have someone's back
- have someone's best interests at heart
- have someone's ear
- have someone's interests at heart