thicket

noun

thick·et | \ˈthi-kət

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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Examples of thicket in a Sentence

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

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For Facebook, the evolution of events into a major new attack surface has generated another thicket of difficult choices. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Fake news evolved into fake events, and the consequences are scary," 3 Aug. 2018 Micron, in a separate lawsuit in California, alleges Jinhua masterminded the plan to take a shortcut through a thicket of knowledge Micron accumulated during decades of investment. — Chuin-wei Yap, WSJ, "Taiwan’s Technology Secrets Come Under Assault From China," 1 July 2018 Power lines ran through thickets of trees to connect to houses. — Ivan Penn, New York Times, "Power Companies’ Mistakes Can Cost Billions. Who Should Pay?," 14 June 2018 The riverside alder thickets are great for seeing migratory species and breeding warblers. — Jill K. Robinson, SFChronicle.com, "5 places to spot birds in Half Moon Bay," 12 July 2018 The ancient Egyptians took cats on their boats to catch birds in the thickets of the Nile River. — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, "Meet the cats living on the tall ships visiting Philly," 25 May 2018 Four other towers are climbing nearby, making 181 Fremont seem like part of a thicket rather than the architectural lightning rod suggested by the diagonal beams that culminate in a 50-foot spiked spire at one corner. — John King, SFChronicle.com, "New nimble, frisky SoMa tower fits neatly into surroundings," 6 July 2018 The ban is part of the town’s thicket of restrictions. — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, "Get That Truck Out: A Town’s Pickup Ban Runs Into Blowback," 1 July 2018 For the first time in years, passers-by actually can see the mansion, no longer hidden by a thicket of trees and shrubs. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "A wreck no more: $15 million renovation makes Illinois’ once-decrepit Executive Mansion shine again," 16 June 2018

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