"coppice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒpɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coppice.wav Forms: coppices [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|copies}} Middle English copies, {{der|en|fro|copeiz||a cut-over forest}} Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), {{der|en|VL.|*colpaticium||having the quality of being cut}} Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), {{der|en|la|colaphus||a cuff, box on the ear}} Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), {{der|en|grc|κόλαφος||a blow, slap}} Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} coppice (plural coppices)
  1. A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse. Synonyms: copse Derived forms: coppice mining bee, copse Translations (grove of small growth): гъсталак (gǎstalak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), шубрак (šubrak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 萌芽更新 (méngyá gēngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), mlází [neuter] (Czech), houština [feminine] (Czech), podrost [masculine] (Czech), hakhout [neuter] (Dutch), vesakko (Finnish), pensaikko (Finnish), taillis [masculine] (French), boqueteau [masculine] (French), Stockausschlag (German), sarjerdő (Hungarian), bosco ceduo [masculine] (Italian), 萌芽更新 (alt: ほうがこうしん, hōgakōshin / ぼうがこうしん, bōgakōshin) (Japanese), ко́парок (kóparok) [masculine] (Macedonian), بالطهلق (baltalık) (Ottoman Turkish), zagajnik [masculine] (Polish), lasek [masculine] (Polish), mata de talhadia [feminine] (Portuguese), ро́щица (róščica) [feminine] (Russian), лесо́к (lesók) [masculine] (Russian), preasarlach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), šibik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šibljak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čestar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gustiš [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bosquecillo (Spanish), skottskog (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coppice-en-noun-XUDnsnbd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coppis [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒpɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coppice.wav Forms: coppices [present, singular, third-person], coppicing [participle, present], coppiced [participle, past], coppiced [past]
Etymology: From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|copies}} Middle English copies, {{der|en|fro|copeiz||a cut-over forest}} Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), {{der|en|VL.|*colpaticium||having the quality of being cut}} Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), {{der|en|la|colaphus||a cuff, box on the ear}} Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), {{der|en|grc|κόλαφος||a blow, slap}} Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} coppice (third-person singular simple present coppices, present participle coppicing, simple past and past participle coppiced)
  1. (transitive) To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth. Tags: transitive Translations (manage a wooded area as a coppice): prořezat (Czech), prořezávat (Czech), dèan preasarlach (Scottish Gaelic)
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  2. (intransitive) To sprout from the stump. Tags: intransitive Translations (sprout from the stump): rejeter de souche (French), vom Stock ausschlagen (German)
    Sense id: en-coppice-en-verb-Xa40a6UJ Disambiguation of 'sprout from the stump': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coppis [obsolete] Derived forms: coppicer, recoppice

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "manage a wooded area as a coppice",
      "word": "prořezat"
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      "sense": "sprout from the stump",
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