thicket
noun
thick·et ˈthi-kət 
1
: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse
2
: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle
a political thicket
a thicket of reporters
thickety
ˈthi-kə-tē
adjective 
Synonyms
- boscage
- boskage
- bosk
- bosque
- bosquet
- brake
- brushwood
- chaparral
- coppice
- copse
- covert
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Example Sentences
a dense thicket of rosebushes flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
Recent Examples on the Web The grounds were concealed behind a thicket of tall oaks and flowering magnolias; residents strolled in manicured gardens, past wooden archways and leafy vines. 
Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022 Eventually, Williams said, his forebears ended up leading pack mule trains through the area, creating a thicket of trails branching off from Downieville into the remote mines. Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Several responders soon emerged from a thicket of trees blocking part of the creek, pulling a sled container carrying a black body bag up the embankment. Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 Several responders soon emerged from a thicket of trees blocking part of the creek, pulling a sled container carrying a black body bag up the embankment. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2022 Branches popped, cracked, and shattered in the thicket. The Editors, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 Hayes left the roadway westbound at Flower Hill Way, where the fire truck wrecked in a thicket about a quarter mile from the road. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2022 Pakradouni said the trees and shrubs are planted randomly in the small spaces, mixing plants of various heights into a dense thicket that shades the soil and creates habitat for wildlife. Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Deputies said he was left for dead in a thicket of bushes outside his residence. Matt Bruce, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022 See More
Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022 Eventually, Williams said, his forebears ended up leading pack mule trains through the area, creating a thicket of trails branching off from Downieville into the remote mines. Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Several responders soon emerged from a thicket of trees blocking part of the creek, pulling a sled container carrying a black body bag up the embankment. Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 Several responders soon emerged from a thicket of trees blocking part of the creek, pulling a sled container carrying a black body bag up the embankment. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2022 Branches popped, cracked, and shattered in the thicket. The Editors, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 Hayes left the roadway westbound at Flower Hill Way, where the fire truck wrecked in a thicket about a quarter mile from the road. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2022 Pakradouni said the trees and shrubs are planted randomly in the small spaces, mixing plants of various heights into a dense thicket that shades the soil and creates habitat for wildlife. Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Deputies said he was left for dead in a thicket of bushes outside his residence. Matt Bruce, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
thicket
noun
thick·et ˈthi-kət
: a thick usually small patch of bushes or low trees
thickets
noun
as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows Synonyms & Similar Words
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- bushes
- copses
- groves
- forests
- woods
- coppices
- jungles
- bosques
- tangles
- woodlands
- bosquets
- boskages
- brakes
- brambles
- coverts
- bosks
- chaparrals
- scrublands
- boscages
- hedges
- brushwoods
- brushes
- woodlots
- scrubs
- canebrakes
- stands
- greenwoods
- wildwoods