thicket

thick·et

noun \ˈthi-kət\

Definition of THICKET

1

: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : coppice

2

: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle <a political thicket> <a thicket of reporters>

— thick·ety \-kə-tē\ adjective

Examples of THICKET

1. a dense thicket of rosebushes
2. <flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows>

Origin of THICKET

Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to THICKET

Synonyms

boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, covert

Related Words

canebrake; brush, bush, scrub, scrubland; bramble, jungle, tangle; grove, hedge, stand, woodlot; forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

Rhymes with THICKET

cricket, picket, Pickett, pricket, stickit, ticket, wicket