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thicket
a dense group of bushes or small trees
Synonyms
- brush
- scrub
- undergrowth
Antonyms
- clearing
- meadow
thicket in a sentence
A family of rabbits hid inside the thorny thicket.
The lost ball was difficult to find in the thicket behind the playground.
Where it comes from
From Old English thiccet 'dense growth'
Memory hook
A thicket is a thick patch of plants.
Read it in context
- Beyond the Ridge Nature