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thicket

American  
[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /

noun

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

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

Her delighted scrolling through a thicket of ads on a clickbait article on a tip Brad Pitt left someone is a little comic gem.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 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

Aru bolted from the rock and sped into the deep thicket of trees.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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