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Synonyms for spinney

Most common

hard drive grove thicket spinnaker

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.

Related words

Other spellings
spinny

Forms

Plural
spinneys → groves, thickets, spinnakers…

Example sentences

  • grove They live in that house in the middle of the grove.
  • thicket We'll need to push our way through this thicket.
  • spinnaker Raising the spinnaker while tacking is not advised.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spinneysteady
groverising
thicketrising
spinnakerfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
grove1
7 letters
thicket2
9 letters
spinnaker

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (thicket2 = 2 syllables).