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Dictionary: thick·et   (thĭk'ĭt) pronunciation
n.
  1. A dense growth of shrubs or underbrush; a copse.
  2. Something suggestive of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability or thickness: "the thicket of unreality which stands between us and the facts of life" (Daniel J. Boorstin).

[Old English thiccet, from thicce, thick. See thick.]


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A dense area of scrubby undergrowth and small shrubs and trees.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a dense growth of bushes
  Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skovtykning

Nederlands (Dutch)
struikgewas

Français (French)
n. - fourré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dickicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λόχμη, σύδεντρο

Italiano (Italian)
macchia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bosque cerrado (m), mata (f), moita (f)

Русский (Russian)
чаща, заросли

Español (Spanish)
n. - matorral, bosquecillo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - buskage, busksnår

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
繁茂处, 草丛, 丛林

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 繁茂處, 草叢, 叢林

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 덤불, 잡목 숲, 엉킴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雑木林, 茂み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ايكه, دغل, اجمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סבך, חורש שיחים‬


 
 
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