12 definitions found for thicket

Thicket THICK'ET, n. A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket. Gen 22.

thicket n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket]

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thicket hettick

thicket noun Etymology: Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick Date: before 12th century 1. a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees ; coppice 2. something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability ; tangle <a political thicket> <a thicket of reporters> • thickety adjective

thicket
n. a tangle of shrubs or trees.
Etymology: OE thiccet (as THICK, -ET(1))

thicket (thickets) A thicket is a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together. N-COUNT

thicket ˈθɪkɪt n. a tangle of shrubs or trees. [OE thiccet (as THICK, -ET(1))]

Thicket Thick"et, n. [AS. [thorn]iccet. See Thick, a.] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. --Gen. xxii. 13.

THICKET thik'-et (cebhakh (Ge 22:13; Isa 9:18; 10:34), or cobhekh (Jer 4:7); in 1Sa 13:6, choach): A thick or dense growth of trees or shrubs (thorns, brambles), in which wild beasts may lurk (Jer 4:7), or animals be caught by their horns (Ge 22:13; Abraham's ram). See FOREST.

thicket n. Grove, copse, wood, forest, coppice, jungle, brake, bocage.

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "thicket": batch, boscage, bosket, brake, bunch, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, clump, cluster, coppice, copse, copsewood, covert, crop, frith, group, grouping, groupment, grove, hassock, knot, lot, mess, motte, shock, slew, spinney, stook, thickset, tuft, tussock, wisp, wood