Thesaurus results for THICKET

thicket

noun

ˈthi-kət

Definition of thicket

as in forest

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows

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Recent Examples of thicket As the novel proceeds, these fragments gradually accumulate, and a whole social world emerges, a thicket of personal connections and memories. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 The Last Bison surrounded him with a thicket of acoustic instrumentation, including guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin, while Fallon, cowboy hat planted firmly on his head, joined the fray with a washboard. — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026 If this continues, whether as a coordinated effort or a thicket of unilateral measures, the effect on China could be a sudden and sustained shortfall in external demand. — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 Adjacent are two thickets of papalo, an herb popular in Mexico but little known elsewhere. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thicket

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Noun

In late September and early October, the forests turn gold, orange, and red, with the colors reflected in the deep blue waters of Lake Superior.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
The bear reportedly emerged from the forest and attacked Kuzmenko.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of forest

Noun

Continue west and the road winds through meadows, aspen groves and small roadside pullouts before climbing to Ripple Creek Pass at 10,343 feet.

— Joe Ruch, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of grove

Noun

The technology isn’t perfect, Walsh said; if Gus had crawled beneath a bush to sleep, the camera wouldn’t necessarily find him.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Check for tours of her Tudor Revival home and the English-style garden filled with holly, lilac, and juniper bushes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bush

Noun

Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of brushwood

Noun

The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

— Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020

Definition of coppice

Noun

The project was on the side of a scrubby hill that looked nothing like the steep timber and chaparral where California’s destructive fires burn and the insurance market has fled.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Stepping on stems is attention-getting, but the result is a wine that echoes the chaparral of the hillsides surrounding the vineyard.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Definition of chaparral

Noun

The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Brushing controls shedding, removes debris and prevents tangles.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

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