boscage
A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicketA place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
ро́щаróšča, подле́сокpodlésok, куста́рникkustárnik
(countable, uncountable)Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
(countable, uncountable)Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
(countable, uncountable)A tax on wood.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticuFrom the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).
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Forms
plural: boscagesWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable