C2nounnature
US/ˈθɪk.ɪt/
UK/ˈθɪk.ɪt/
a group of bushes and small trees growing very close together; also a confusing mass of things
In context
The deer disappeared into a bamboo thicket by the stream.
Small birds build their nests deep inside the thorny thicket.
Small companies struggle to get through the thicket of new data rules.
Words that go with thicket
adjective + noun
- dense thicketA dense thicket hid the entrance to the cave.
- thorny thicketThe rabbit escaped into a thorny thicket.
noun + noun
- bamboo thicketPandas spend most of the day in a bamboo thicket.
noun + preposition
- thicket ofFarmers face a thicket of paperwork to get support.
- through the thicketWe pushed our way through the thicket to reach the river.