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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The camera tracks the characters with startling skill and speed, from above, below, alongside and even behind as they rush through groves and thickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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
Stone wove drum machines into the dense thickets of sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
Jackrabbits bolted from shady thickets at the approach of the truck and bounded away into the rolling hills spotted with dark juniper trees.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
