spinneys

spin·ney (sp

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n. pl. spin·neys Chiefly British

A small grove; a copse.

[Obsolete French espinoi, from Old French espinei, thorny place, from Vulgar Latin *spnta, pl. of Latin spntum, thorn hedge, from spna, thorn.]

spinney [ˈspɪnɪ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly Brit a small wood or copse

[from Old French espinei, from espine thorn, from Latin spīna]

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Noun

spinney - a copse that shelters game

brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

spinney

noun copse, thicket, coppice, holt A spinney of thorn hung on the craggy edge of the hill.

Translations

spinney [ˈspɪnɪ] N → bosquecillo m

spinney [ˈspɪni] n (British) (= copse) → bosquet m

spinney

n (Brit) → Dickicht nt

spinney [ˈspɪnɪ] n → boschetto

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