bosk

[ bosk ]

noun

1. a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

bosk

/ bɒsk /

noun

1. literary.
   a small wood of bushes and small trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosk¹

1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk ( e ) < Old Norse buskr bush ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosk¹

C13: variant of busk bush ¹

Example Sentences

In a June appointment at Children’s National that the Times observed, Dr. Abigail Bosk, a rheumatologist, told him his post-Covid fatigue was more debilitating than simple tiredness.

From New York Times

The final height, density and distribution of those nanotube trees in your nanotube bosk will determine how effectively your material can imprison photons and incorporate their energy into its constituent parts, and hence how extravagantly black it will appear.

From New York Times

Hats line the shelves at the back of a small space in Old Oakland known as BOSK.

From The Guardian

The reasons for these disappointing results “are primarily social and cultural”, suggested an article in the Lancet medical journal co-authored by Charles Bosk, a medical sociologist.

From Economist

The reasons for these disappointing results “are primarily social and cultural”, suggested an article in the Lancet medical journal co-authored by Charles Bosk, a medical sociologist.

From Economist

Related Words

• clump
• underbrush