Thicket

//ˈθɪkɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a dense growth of bushes wordnet
  3. 3
    A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. figuratively

    "He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company."

  4. 4
    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. figuratively

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).

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