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Word entry · 7 letters

thicket

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"Dense growth"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɪkɪt/Part of speech nounSorted cehikttStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a dense growth of bushes

Word origin

Inherited 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.

Used in a sentence

  • Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders.
  • He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.

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