thicket

ˈθɪkɪt

Definition

Definition of thicket - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

plantdense growth of shrubs or small trees

We got lost in the thicket during our hike.

brushwood

copse

collection

Rare

dense collection of abstract things

Rare

The novel presents a thicket of emotions and ideas.

cluster

network

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dense growth of shrubs or small trees

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thicket-forming

adj.

used to describe plants that grow densely together

The thicket-forming shrubs covered the entire hillside..

Origin of thicket

Old English, thicc (thick) + et (small)

Terms with thicket included in their meaning

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bush

nature

dense cluster of shrubs or thicket

copse

nature

thicket of small trees or shrubs

canebrake

nature

thicket of canes forming a dense area

canebrake

sugarcane

dense thicket of sugarcane or bamboo plants

lantana

habitat

dense tangled thicket formed by invasive flowering shrubs

vine maple

shrub

small maple tree from western North America with thicket-forming stems

Examples of thicket in a sentence

We found a hidden path through the thicket.
The report was a thicket of statistics and data.
Her mind was a thicket of conflicting thoughts.

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French:fourré, enchevêtrement, ...
German:Dickicht, Gewirr, ...
Italian:boschetto, boscaglia, ...
Spanish:matorral, maraña, ...
Portuguese:matagal, emaranhado, ...
Chinese:灌木丛, 密集体, ...
Japanese:茂み, 密集, ...
Arabic:أَجَمَة, تشابك, ...
Hebrew:סְבַךְ, פְּקַעַת, ...
Russian:чаща, густая сеть, ...
Ukrainian:гущавина, гуща, ...
Hindi:झुरमुट, जाल, ...
Bengali:ঝোপঝাড়, জটিল সংগ্রহ, ...
Catalan:matoll, bosc, ...
Czech:houština, spleť, ...
Danish:krat, tæt samling, ...
Dutch:struikgewas, wirwar, ...
Greek:θαμνώνας, πυκνό σύμπλεγμα, ...
Hungarian:bozót, szövevény, ...
Khmer:ព្រៃគុម្ពោតក្រាស់, ភាពស្មុគស្មាញក្រាស់ក្រែលនៃអារម្មណ៍ និងគំនិត, ...
Korean:덤불, 복잡한 모음, ...
Persian:بوته‌زار, انبوه, ...
Polish:gąszcz, plątanina, ...
Portuguese (BR):matagal, emaranhado, ...
Romanian:desiș, aglomerare, ...
Swedish:snårskog, virrvarr, ...
Thai:พุ่มไม้รก, ความซับซ้อน, ...
Turkish:çalılık, yığın, ...
Vietnamese:bụi rậm, tập hợp, ...

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Definition of thicket - Reverso English Dictionary

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