coppices
Meaning of coppices
plural noun
- an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber.
coppices of oak were cultivated
much coppice is no longer managed as such
- cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.
the company began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes
coppicing is sustainable and doesn't threaten the environment
late Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ (see cope1). Compare with copse.
Information about coppices
- The singular form of coppices is: coppice.
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Hyphenation of coppices
cop-pices
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- coppices is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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