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thicket

American  
[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /

noun

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

thicket British  
/ ˈθɪkɪt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

  • thicketed adjective
  • thickety adjective

Etymology

Origin of thicket

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

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