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thicket
/ˈθɪkɪt/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
close, complete, dense, nearest
VERB + THICKET
bolted, entered, pine
THICKET + NOUN
alders, paperwork
PREP.
from, in, into, out, through, with
Definitions
noun
1
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders.
2
A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
3
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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Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders
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He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
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Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of a
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The path stretching from that house to the bamboo thicket was laid with stone paving.
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By chance, they heard some suspicious activity in the thicket which indicated that a bear also smelled their food.
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From a thicket close by came three beautiful white swans, rustling their feathers, and swimming lightly over the smooth water.
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