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- [thik-it]
- /ˈθɪk ɪt/
- /ˈθɪk.ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thik-it]
- /ˈθɪk ɪt/
Definitions of thicket word
- noun thicket a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice. 1
- noun thicket undergrowth, shrubs 1
- countable noun thicket A thicket is a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together. 0
- countable noun thicket If you refer to a thicket of ideas or events, you mean that there a lot of them together, and often that they are confusing or difficult to identify. 0
- noun thicket a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants 0
- noun thicket a thick growth of shrubs, underbrush, or small trees 0
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Origin of thicket
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Old English thiccet (not recorded in ME), equivalent to thicce thick + -et noun suffix
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Parts of speech for Thicket
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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thicket popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thicket
noun thicket
- arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- boscage — a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket
- bosk — a small wood of bushes and small trees
- boskage — a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.
- bosket — a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket
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