coppice

1 of 2

noun

cop·pice ˈkä-pəs How to pronounce coppice (audio)

: copse

: forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed

an oak coppice

coppice

2 of 2

verb

coppiced; coppicing

transitive verb

: to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice

intransitive verb

: to form a coppice

specifically, of a tree : to sprout freely from the base

Example Sentences

Noun the deer bounded off into the coppice

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful.

Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020

单词	coppice
释义	coppice 1 of 2 noun cop·pice ˈkä-pəs 1 : copse 2 : forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed an oak coppice coppice 2 of 2 verb coppiced; coppicing transitive verb : to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice intransitive verb : to form a coppice specifically, of a tree : to sprout freely from the base Synonyms Noun boscage boskage bosk bosque bosquet brake brushwood chaparral copse covert thicket See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun the deer bounded off into the coppice Recent Examples on the Web Noun The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows. Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020 Word History Etymology Noun Middle English copies cutover area overgrown with brush, from Middle French copeis, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin colpaticium, from colpare to cut, from Late Latin colpus blow — more at cope entry 1 First Known Use Noun 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1538, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition coppice noun cop·pice ˈkä-pəs : a group of small trees growing very close together coppice noun as in copse a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the deer bounded off into the coppice Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance copse forest grove brushwood thicket wood bosquet chaparral bush woodland brake bosque bosk boskage jungle hedge tangle canebrake boscage covert bramble woodlot scrub brush scrubland greenwood stand wildwood
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