thicket

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Synonimy

(Angielski)

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.

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Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈθɪkɪt/

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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).