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a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Their waterfront houses 10 miles southwest of Fredericksburg, Va. are about 300 feet apart, divided by a thicket of woods so dense that the dwellings and the border between the properties all but disappear in the summer foliage.
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The crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. as the 2000 Toyota Camry appeared to be heading east on Fairmount between SOM Center (Route 91) and Chagrin River roads, then crashed through a fence and into a thicket.
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Big old cedars and madronas shade the edges of the property; thickets of native salmonberry feed the birds; and paths weave their way down to the beach, completing the navigation of this enchanting hillside, from woodland meadow to saltwater beach.
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But Dagobah seems entirely submerged in a swamp, with plants and trees enveloping it in a humid thicket, and no mountains peaking above its cloud cover.
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Additionally, some people—myself included, actually—are in school this term, and are up to our eyeballs in highlighters and dense thickets of quantitative research.
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Origin and Etymology of thicket
Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick
First Known Use: before 12th century
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THICKET Defined for English Language Learners
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: a group of bushes or small trees that grow close together
THICKET Defined for Kids
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: a thick usually small patch of bushes or low trees
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