English Explanatory Dictionary

thicket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
  2. A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈθɪkɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thicket.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-thicket.wav

Word forms

thicket thickets

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).

Related words

brush copse grove scrub scrubland shaw shrubland

Derived words

patent thicket thicketbird thicket tinamou
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