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bosque¹

  • /bɒsk/ UK
  • /bɑsk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒsk

Where it comes from

See bosk.

noun bosques

  1. rare Rare spelling of bosk On February 16 a reconnaissance in force was pushed to within a mile of the fort and battle offered on the open plain. The challenge was disregarded, and only noticed by the sending out of a few well-mounted men to watch our movements. The forces of the enemy were kept well concealed in the bosque (

bosque²

  • /ˈbɒsˌkeɪ/ UK
  • /ˈbɑsˌkeɪ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish bosque (“forest”), from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busc (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”); perhaps also influenced by bosk. The word is a doublet of bush.

noun bosques

  1. Southwestern, US A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse. [page 495] He drove them with great slaughter from the bosque they had then seized, repulsed a determined charge of their Lancers, made with audacity and desperation, and was master of the field. [...] [page 496] The heavy bosques in our front were terminated by a drift of sand extending from the hi

Bosque³

proper noun Bosques

  1. A surname.

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"bosque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bosque. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bosque. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bosque

Chicago

"bosque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bosque.

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@misc{bosque_2026,
  title = {bosque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bosque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}