noun
thicket
THIK-it/ˈθɪkɪt/
A dense, tangled growth of shrubs or trees, or a similarly tangled mass.
Dense hazel and bramble growth forms a tangled thicket.
Etymology
Thick here means “growing close together,” so a thicket names dense vegetation rather than individual thick trunks. The later English word may be a dialectal survival or a re-formation.
In context
showed us the wagon that he moved the body in his father came along with us about 50 ft from the crest of the Hill the boy pointed to a Thicket of scrub Oak there
More examples
- Dense thickets of blackberry bushes block the path.
- A thicket of cables fills the space behind the desk.
- Small businesses face a thicket of confusing regulations.
Forms
thicket · thickets
Similar words
- copse
- A small group of trees, not necessarily dense or tangled.
- undergrowth
- Low vegetation beneath trees, rather than any tangled mass.
- tangle
- Any intertwined mass, without specifically suggesting shrubs or trees.