as in forest
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Recent Examples of thicket
In the warmer months, the mountain air stays cool and refreshing—perfect for long days on the river or shaded hikes through rhododendron thickets.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
But then, the trees began cross-pollinating with other pear species, whose offspring create thorny thickets that smother native plants and habitat.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
Twelve feet tall, these woven textiles bring a density, warmth, and transportive quality to the space—you’re suddenly within the thicket where the fairytale is unfolding.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2025
Behind him stands a little girl, less than half his size, wearing a red dress, a red bow poking from the thicket of her heavy black hair.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
But then, the trees began cross-pollinating with other pear species, whose offspring create thorny thickets that smother native plants and habitat.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
Twelve feet tall, these woven textiles bring a density, warmth, and transportive quality to the space—you’re suddenly within the thicket where the fairytale is unfolding.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2025
Behind him stands a little girl, less than half his size, wearing a red dress, a red bow poking from the thicket of her heavy black hair.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicket
Noun
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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At its core, writer-director Bretten Hannam‘s tale follows two siblings (played by Blake Alec Miranda and Forrest Goodluck) traveling through the titular haunted forest in order to exorcise some demons from their lives.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies.—
Jess Thomson,
Wired News,
27 Aug. 2025
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Along the way, guests might watch kingfishers dart through palm groves, pause at the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary, or step ashore to see traditional boat builders at work.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wander through rose gardens, bamboo groves, an edible garden with more than 800 varieties of fruits and vegetables (nearly all of which is donated to local food banks), and a butterfly garden filled with species that attract other pollinators and hummingbirds.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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But while Narula initially wanted to keep the grass, Kemp replaced the bushes with woody perennials ‒ red osier dogwoods, a spicebush, sweet pepper bushes, as well as smooth-leaf hydrangeas.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Walkers can take in the staggered plots of orange groves and prickly pear bushes in Marsalforn Valley or soak up the quiet back streets of Gharb, the island’s westernmost town, overlooking Dwerja.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Aug. 2025
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It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Learn about the various lizards and snakes of Southern California’s mountains and chaparrals.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Blast vacuuming, the X9 improves on the X8 by adding zero-tangle technology to the side brush and the main brush.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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