thicket
Meaning
- A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
- (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
- (figuratively) 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.
Synonyms
grassy place
dense forest
tropical scrub
Translations
Dickicht
fourré
matorral
boscagliaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθɪkɪt/
Etymology
In summary
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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