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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Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
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Her lie prompted Llizo and other Jackson top executives to dig deeper into Gatlin’s spending habits, uncovering a thicket of falsified invoices for millions of dollars over a five-year period.
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This aggressive grower creates thorny thickets that are difficult to remove during the growing season, when its dense leaves make its thorny stems hard to see.
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Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Her lie prompted Llizo and other Jackson top executives to dig deeper into Gatlin’s spending habits, uncovering a thicket of falsified invoices for millions of dollars over a five-year period.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
This aggressive grower creates thorny thickets that are difficult to remove during the growing season, when its dense leaves make its thorny stems hard to see.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 14 Jan. 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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