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noun
- 1. a dense group of bushes or trees: "a horned owl perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket"
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THICKET definition: 1. an area of trees and bushes growing closely together 2. an area of trees and bushes growing…. Learn more.
The meaning of THICKET is a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse. How to use thicket in a sentence. a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse; something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle…
If you refer to a thicket of ideas or events, you mean that there a lot of them together, and often that they are confusing or difficult to identify. The novel is a thicket of literary references. To try to open a foreign-owned business is to enter a thicket of regulations.
A thicket refers to a dense growth of bushes or trees — what you try to avoid by tending to the plants in your backyard. The word thicket comes from the word thick, which means close together or dense. If you are "thick as thieves," then you are close friends.
n. 1. A dense growth of shrubs or underbrush; a copse. 2. Something suggestive of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability or thickness: "the thicket of unreality which stands between us and the facts of life" (Daniel J. Boorstin). [Old English thiccet, from thicce, thick; see thick.]
Definition of thicket noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "THICKET": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
The earliest known use of the noun thicket is in the Old English period (pre-1150). thicket is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thick adj. , ‑et .
THICKET meaning: 1. an area of trees and bushes growing closely together 2. an area of trees and bushes growing…. Learn more.
Oct 15, 2024 · Noun. [edit] thicket (plural thickets) A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
