This week's theme: uncommon homophones of common words. copse (kops) noun
A thicket of small trees, bushes, shrubs, etc. especially one grown for periodical cutting. [Alteration of coppice. Via Middle English and French from Latin colpare (to cut).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=copse -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "We could also distinguish animals rustling in the nearby copses, and since we were in an area known to be a leopard habitat, it was entertaining to think that was what we were hearing." Larry Rohter: America; The Seoul Times (South Kores); Nov 10, 2005. Sponsored by: Check out our three newest and punniest T-shirts: Pythagoras, Pi and Euclid, perhaps our best yet. http://www.mentalfloss.com/ Shop early for a stocking stuffer that can't be beat: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Discover adult-sized handfuls and fun colors: http://puttyworld.com Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. -Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (1905-1983) Share the magic of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/copse.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/copse.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/copse.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
