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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Then brush, predominantly whitethorn and manzanita, interspersed in waist-high thickets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
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
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
Torak crashed through alder thickets and sank to his knees in bogs.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
