thicket
Americannoun
noun
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
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A thicket of partnerships has sprung up in autonomous driving, with Uber also working with Waymo in US cities Austin and Atlanta, and with China's WeRide in Gulf locations such as Abu Dhabi.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
It’s a verdant thicket of spindly branches that towers over a straw-hatted man in the shadow below, no doubt seeking respite from the heat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
England's chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty has cautioned against creating a system that would risk terminally ill patients being "stuck in a bureaucratic thicket" in their final months of life.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
The facility sits notched into a thicket of pine trees, what locals call “the loggin’ woods.”
From Slate • May 2, 2025
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 "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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