Definition of THICKET

thicket

Plural: thickets

Noun

  • A dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees.
  • a dense growth of bushes
  • A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
  • A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
  • The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.

Examples

  • He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
  • Navigating the THICKET of available words, she finally spotted a triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however.
Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (gǎstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to dense).

Scrabble Score: 16

thicket: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
thicket: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thicket: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

thicket: valid Words With Friends Word