Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boscage

/bɑskɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boscage
IPA: /bɑskɪd͡ʒ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A tax on wood.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof."
"The shadiest boskage covers it perpetually."
"An abundance of bird life dwells in the luxuriant boscage of the cuttings, and the whole six miles provide a rich field of study for the botanist."

Etymology

From 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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: boskage, boscage, *boscāticum, boscus, *busk, *buskaz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɑskɪd͡ʒ/
British English: /bɒskɪdʒ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

boscages (plural) boskage (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bocage bosk bosky

Questions

How do you pronounce boscage?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑskɪd͡ʒ/.
What does boscage mean?: A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
Where does boscage come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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