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
Examples of thicket in a Sentence
a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Amid a dense thicket of timber-and-metal stalls where secondhand retailers ordinarily hawked their wares, a runner of red-and-green astroturf cut a path toward a stage draped in the tricolor of the Ghanaian flag.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
While fewer regulations should be the long-term goal, providing a means for interested parties to better understand how to navigate the dense thicket of federal rules is long overdue.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
They can also be seen around mountains, swamps, cane thickets, wooded stream corridors, and rural habitats.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
An exasperated Tomás enters the thicket himself to retrieve, among other items, Liam’s boot, and doesn’t emerge until the next day—not screaming, but fundamentally changed.
—Nora Biette-Timmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
While fewer regulations should be the long-term goal, providing a means for interested parties to better understand how to navigate the dense thicket of federal rules is long overdue.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
They can also be seen around mountains, swamps, cane thickets, wooded stream corridors, and rural habitats.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
An exasperated Tomás enters the thicket himself to retrieve, among other items, Liam’s boot, and doesn’t emerge until the next day—not screaming, but fundamentally changed.
—Nora Biette-Timmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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thicket
noun
thick·et
ˈthik-ət 
1
: a thick usually small patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
2
: something resembling a thicket in being crowded together or impenetrable
a thicket of fans
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