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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈθɪkɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈθɪkɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(thik′it)

thick•et /ˈθɪkɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Botanya dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees.

thick•et (thik′it),USA pronunciation n.

Botanya thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees;
a thick coppice.

Old English thiccet (not recorded in Middle English), equivalent. to thicce thick + -et noun, nominal suffix bef. 1000

thick′et•ed, thick′et•y, adj.

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thicket /ˈθɪkɪt/ n

a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants

Etymology: Old English thiccet; see thick

'thicket' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

boscage - bouquet - brake - bush - canebrake - coppice - covert - grove - horst - jungle - lea - maquis - shaw - thickset - trim - aquiver - bluet - bosk - bosket - bracken - brush - brushwood - copse - fell - fernbrake - tussock - undergrown - spinney

In Lists: Things in a forest, Mat9e19's List 1, more...

Synonyms: bush, shrubbery, copse, brake, underbrush, more...

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