coppice (n) 1: a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees, 2: forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed.
spinney (n) a small wood with undergrowth.
holt (n) a small woods; copse.
Words are from World Enough and Time by Christian McEwen. Definitions are from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary.
All of your words are related to the woods! I've heard coppice but have never used it. Spinney and holt are new to me and I like the sound of spinney.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the three words. I like a lot woods and I'm very interestined by the words about them.
ReplyDeleteThe funny part is that they are all from a discussion about vocabulary and reading, not about woods at all.
ReplyDeleteAll of these words are very new for me.
ReplyDeleteCoppice is the only one that I knew too. Interesting words.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were so many ways to say a group of trees. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteI only knew one of these, thanks! for sharing.
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Spinney and holt are almost synonyms-right? These are interesting and I did not know any of them! Thanks! Libby
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