THICKET


Meaning of THICKET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthi-kət ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English * thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick

Date: before 12th century

1. : a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : coppice

2. : something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle

a political thicket

a thicket of reporters

• thick·ety -kə-tē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.