noun
thicket
THIH-kiht
noun
1
A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.
"The deer disappeared into a thicket at the edge of the field."
"We had to hack our way through a thicket to reach the stream."
2
A tangled, confusing mass of anything, used figuratively.
"The contract was a thicket of legal jargon and clauses."
How to Use Thicket
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA dense clump of bushes or small trees — or, figuratively, any tangled, hard-to-navigate mess.
Common pairings
dense thicket
thicket of bushes
legal thicket
Word Forms
thickets plural
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Etymology
From Old English þiccet, built from þicce ("thick") — literally, a place where things grow thickly.