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Definition of copse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

copse

noun

/kɒps/

/kɑːps/

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a small area of trees growing together
- There was a small copse of trees in the distance.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: shortened from coppice.

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