woodlet

English

Etymology

From wood +‎ -let.

Noun

woodlet (plural woodlets)

1. (rare) A small wood; a thicket.

   Synonyms: bosk, copse, grove, thicket

   • 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner: A Novel of Suspense, New York, NY: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 193:

     Beyond the patio lay a deep backyard. Privacy walls separated the flanking properties, but no fence defined the end of the lawn, where a woodlet rose at the brink of a shallow ravine.