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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They can also be seen around mountains, swamps, cane thickets, wooded stream corridors, and rural habitats.
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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
These highly adaptable plants tend to sucker to form small but manageable thickets.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
For the bluebuck, the company is partnering with the nonprofit Advanced Conservation Strategies to navigate regulatory thickets in potential host countries where the animals could live on wild land with the proper vegetation and climate, in herds large enough to be genetically viable.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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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
These highly adaptable plants tend to sucker to form small but manageable thickets.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
For the bluebuck, the company is partnering with the nonprofit Advanced Conservation Strategies to navigate regulatory thickets in potential host countries where the animals could live on wild land with the proper vegetation and climate, in herds large enough to be genetically viable.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 7 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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