thicket

American  

[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /

noun

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

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thicket British  

/ ˈθɪkɪt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• thicketed adjective
• thickety adjective

Etymology

Origin of thicket

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

Example Sentences

Before long a steady stream of guests was winding up the narrow staircase to Tante Jans’s rooms where he sat almost lost in a thicket of flowers.

From Literature

Behind it stood two smaller mounds, and around them loomed a dense thicket of yews and ivy choked holly trees.

From Literature

Inside, the parlor is a thicket of people—all the boarders of the house and even more: My aunt’s suffragette friends are here, and the washerwoman who comes for the bedclothes.

From Literature

Prior to Handsome and Duane’s arrival, Twitch had made her way across the river to place herself among a thicket of weeds.

From Literature

Operating data centers in space would avoid an environmental thicket and require less water and energy for cooling.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• clump
• underbrush