bosk

noun

ˈbäsk How to pronounce bosk (audio)
variants also bosque
Definition of bosknext
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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bosk
  1. bush
  2. forest
  3. brushwood
  4. thicket
  5. copse
  6. chaparral
  7. coppice
  8. grove
Noun
  • Another legend claims that the Virgin Mary changed the color of rosemary flowers from white to blue after draping her blue cloak over a white-blossomed bush.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
  • One member of our group has a habit of squatting in the river to urinate instead of going behind a bush and dropping her drawers.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Sitting in ancient Cumbria—the Lake District is a mighty UNESCO World Heritage Site drawing over 18 million visitors each year, home to the largest national park in England, covering over 880 square miles of terrain with towering mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The team is currently modeling at the level of the woodland stand, a unit of forest made up of a relatively uniform group of trees, to assess the optimal distance between trees.
    Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of forest
Noun
  • During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.
    Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.
    Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Definition of brushwood
Noun
  • This native shrub ranges from five to 15 feet high and will slowly form thickets if allowed.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Across the garden, Corley, in headphones, held a professional recording device up to another thicket of reeds.
    Oren Peleg, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Definition of thicket
Noun
  • The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Definition of copse
Noun
  • During these quieter times, the native chaparral and vegetation would slowly recover over the course of years.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Here's what to do if that happens, or in any scary wildlife encounter Black bears are the only species of bear found in Arizona, and they can be found in forests, chaparral and desert riparian areas.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of chaparral
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
Definition of coppice
Noun
  • Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and groves for a unique way to dress them up.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The Woodland Hills display winds through an eight-block cluster of streets that were home to walnut groves when the tradition began in the early 1950s.
    Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of grove
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