Meaning & use

thicket

noun·Academic

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.'

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