- thicket
- thick|et [ `θıkıt ] noun countan area with a lot of bushes and small trees growing very close together
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Thicket — Thick et, n. [AS. [thorn]iccet. See {Thick}, a.] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thicket — index assemblage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thicket — late O.E. þiccet, from þicce (see THICK (Cf. thick)) + denominative suffix et … Etymology dictionary
thicket — ► NOUN ▪ a dense group of bushes or trees. ORIGIN Old English, related to THICK(Cf. ↑thickly) … English terms dictionary
thicket — [thik′it] n. [ME < OE thiccet < thicce,THICK] a thick growth of shrubs, underbrush, or small trees thicketed adj … English World dictionary
thicket — [[t]θɪ̱kɪt[/t]] thickets 1) N COUNT A thicket is a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together. ...a bamboo thicket. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n If you refer to a thicket of ideas or events, you mean that there a lot… … English dictionary
thicket — noun Etymology: Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick Date: before 12th century 1. a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees ; coppice 2. something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability ; tangle < a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Thicket — += See also = A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large amounts of highly viable seeds that are able to… … Wikipedia
thicket — UK [ˈθɪkɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms thicket : singular thicket plural thickets an area with a lot of bushes and small trees growing very close together … English dictionary
thicket — Ōpū nāhelehele, hihia, lā au, lā au kukū, puo a. Tangled thicket, hihipe a. See clump. The dense thicket of the forest, ka hihia pa a o ka nahele … English-Hawaiian dictionary
thicket — noun rabbits taking refuge in the thicket Syn: copse, coppice, grove, brake, covert, clump; wood, woodlot, bush … Thesaurus of popular words