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
Examples of thicket in a Sentence
a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Now add an atmosphere — a thicket of gas molecules bound to the Earth by its gravitational pull.
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Plush lawns and thickets of towering palms unite the various structures, while a demilune hot tub faces the water alongside a stone terrace that steps down to the estate’s private 250-plus-foot crescent beach.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
In this era, ogival windows and flying buttresses would be more bracing than yet another thicket of computerized-looking shapes.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Now add an atmosphere — a thicket of gas molecules bound to the Earth by its gravitational pull.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Plush lawns and thickets of towering palms unite the various structures, while a demilune hot tub faces the water alongside a stone terrace that steps down to the estate’s private 250-plus-foot crescent beach.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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thicket
noun
thick·et
ˈthik-ət 
1
: a thick usually small patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
2
: something resembling a thicket in being crowded together or impenetrable
a thicket of fans
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