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thicket
Meaning: a dense group of bushes or small trees
thicket in a sentence
How thicket is used in real sentences:
A family of rabbits hid inside the thorny thicket.
The lost ball was difficult to find in the thicket behind the playground.
“On the far bank, a thicket covered the trail.”
— from the passage Beyond the Ridge
Synonyms for thicket
Other words for thicket — brush, scrub and undergrowth — carry the same meaning.
- brush
- scrub
- undergrowth
Antonyms of thicket
Words that mean the opposite of thicket:
- clearing
- meadow
Where it comes from
From Old English thiccet 'dense growth'
Memory hook
A thicket is a thick patch of plants.