Meaning & use
thicket
A dense group of bushes, shrubs, or small trees growing closely together.
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The deer disappeared into a thicket at the edge of the field.
They pushed through a thicket of brambles to reach the old stone wall.
A note on using this word
Also used figuratively for something tangled or hard to navigate, as in 'a thicket of regulations.'
Words with a similar meaning
copsebrush
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