thicket

noun thick·et \ ˈthi-kət \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

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Definition of thicket

1 : a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse

2 : something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle

a political thicket

a thicket of reporters

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thickety

play \ˈthi-kə-tē\ adjective

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Examples of thicket in a Sentence

a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows

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Originally published by E&E News Biomedical researchers have entered the thicket that entangles the importation of foreign fish and wildlife.

— Science | AAAS, "Biomedical group weighs in on U.S. court fight over wildlife imports," 5 June 2018
With her parents and a press entourage to rival any celebrity, Samantha waded into the thicket of Cold War politics.

— lorraine boissoneault, Smithsonian, "The Surprising Story of the American Girl Who Broke Through the Iron Curtain," 10 May 2018
Doggedly pushing through thickets of disagreement, Marshall won a quick cease-fire pact between Chiang and Mao’s emissary, Zhou Enlai.

— james d. hornfischer, WSJ, "‘The China Mission’ Review: The Man Who ‘Lost’ China," 3 May 2018
That could encourage a thicket of new rules at the state level, delaying deployment of the technology, advocates for the emerging industry say.

— john d. mckinnon, WSJ, "Trump Administration Vows to Maintain U.S. Edge in AI Technology," 10 May 2018
The main ballroom at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort was decorated with trees and green thickets.

— anne geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High prom: Dancing away from tragedy, mindful of the missing," 6 May 2018
Its influence is now visible whenever the 7-foot Embiid steps out to hoist a triple or Tatum runs through a thicket of elaborate screens.

— robert o'connell, The Atlantic, "The NBA’s New Age Is on Full Display," 3 May 2018
In recent weeks - over phone calls, dinners and private Oval Office huddles - Giuliani and Trump have talked through the thicket of legal issues facing the president beyond the Russia investigation, these people said.

— chicagotribune.com, "'I was going to get this over with': Inside Rudy Giuliani's explosive Stormy Daniels revelation," 3 May 2018
With its profits sagging and a growing thicket of legal and regulatory disputes, Qualcomm has gone from a lion of the cellphone industry to a plum takeover target.

— conor dougherty, New York Times, "With Qualcomm in Play, San Diego Fears Losing ‘Our Flag’," 11 Feb. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of thicket

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

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First Known Use: before 12th century

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thicket Synonyms

Synonyms

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

THICKET Defined for English Language Learners

thicket

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Definition of thicket for English Language Learners

: a group of bushes or small trees that grow close together

THICKET Defined for Kids

thicket

noun thick·et \ ˈthi-kət \

Definition of thicket for Students

: a thick usually small patch of bushes or low trees

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