thicket
noun
a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.
thickets
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pluralof thicket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then brush, predominantly whitethorn and manzanita, interspersed in waist-high thickets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
Moreover, “Anemone” teasingly delves into a paternal legacy— the price sons pay for inheriting their fathers’ flaws—as it considers the moral thickets of Britain’s late-20th-century history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Pygmy slow loris are a species of primate that comes from the rainforests and bamboo thickets of Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Traveling along the Paraná, Darwin observed thickets which “afford a retreat for capybaras and jaguars. The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.”
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
Inch by inch they moved through the swamp, looking for thickets of growth on which to place their feet, testing the suction when they were forced into the thick mud.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
