thicket

[thik-it]

noun

1. a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.

thicket

/ ˈθɪkɪt /

noun

1. a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants

Other Word Forms

• thicketed adjective
• thickety adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thicket¹

before 1000; Old English thiccet (not recorded in ME), equivalent to thicce thick + -et noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of thicket¹

Old English thiccet; see _thick

Example Sentences

Vines, branches, and plants weave together into a thicket that is longer and thicker than the hull of the Taíno.

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The four wolves and their passengers raced through dense thickets; they bounded over rushing streams and leaped over fallen trees.

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This particular tunnel did not contradict the notion, for eventually the five explorers emerged into what seemed to be a dense, velvety soft thicket.

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Eventually, though, she secures her newborn in the den and heads back to the bamboo thicket to feast—crucial for her own survival as well as her cub’s.

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Museums trying to upgrade the security of historic buildings have to navigate a thicket of bureaucracy to secure permits.

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Related Words

• clump 
• underbrush