fourré — meaning in English

English meaning

• copse noun A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
• thicket noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.

Senses

fourré is used for these senses in English:

• copse Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
• thicket A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

copse — full definition

1. noun A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
2. noun Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
3. noun Any woodland or woodlot.

thicket — full definition

1. noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.
2. noun A tangled, confusing mass of anything, used figuratively.

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