thicket

[ thik-it ]

noun

1. a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.

thicket

/ ˈθɪkɪt /

noun

1. a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants

Other Words From

• thicket·ed thicket·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thicket¹

before 1000; Old English thiccet (not recorded in ME), equivalent to thicce thick + -et noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of thicket¹

Old English thiccet; see thick

Example Sentences

He adds that though Musk's primary role will be "slashing through the thicket of red tape that is the US federal government", his position will also give him influence in the new administration.

From BBC

We’ve seen both Democrat- and Republican-appointed judges who have been sympathetic to the idea that this is a political question and the courts have no business wading into the political thicket here.

From Slate

The road along the U.S. side of the 30-foot border wall here rises and falls like waves in a sea, unspooling past thicket, saguaro and washes left dry with no rain.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a wondrous thicket of benefits that underscores the potential nestled in former farmland across the Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

Since capital punishment itself narrowly escaped death in 1972, the national argument about a state killing its own citizens has gone from the lofty heights of the morality, ethics, and concern for human dignity to a legal thicket where the focus is on filing deadlines, burdens of proof, and decisions about which toxic chemicals technically disqualify a particular execution from being cruel.

From Slate

Related Words

• clump
• underbrush