thicket
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thicket
- /ˈθɪkɪt/
- [ˈθɪkɪt]
- /ˈθɪkət/
- [ˈθɪkət]
Sounds like ticket (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -ɪkɪt
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however.
Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (găstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to Latin dense).
noun thickets
- A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders.
- A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
- The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
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noun copse
| Español | matorral, bosquecillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 덤불 deombul |
| 日本語 | 茂み shigemi |
| 中文 | 叢林 /丛林 cónglín, 灌木叢 /灌木丛 guànmùcóng, 樹叢 /树丛 shùcóng |
| हिन्दी | झाड़ी jhāṛī, वन van, जंगल jaṅgal |
| Português | moita, matagal |
| Français | fourré, maquis |
| Deutsch | Dickicht, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp, Buschwerk |
| Italiano | boscaglia, fratta, macchia, boschetto, roveto, ammasso |
| Ελληνικά | λόχμη lóchmi |
| Română | tufiș, subarboret, pădurice, crâng, arboret, desiș |
| Русский | ча́ща čášča, за́росли zárosli, гу́ща gúšča |
| Tiếng Việt | bụi, bụi rậm |
| العربية | عَرِين ʕarīn |
| עברית | סְבַךְ svakh |
Talk about this word "thicket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thicket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thicket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thicket "thicket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thicket.Cite this
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