Synonyms for thicket


Grammar : Noun
Spell : thik-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɪk ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for thicket Other synonyms for the word thicket

Définition of thicket

Origin :
  • late Old English þiccet, from þicce (see thick) + denominative suffix -et.
  • noun dense growth of small trees or bushes
  • noun plant
Example sentences :
  • We camped in a thicket, without water, on a small patch of feed.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • It rose with terrible distinctness from the thicket close before us.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • They leaped from their horses and plunged straightway into the thicket after Robin.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • The thicket, before so formidable, amounted to nothing at all.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • There was a thicket of holly and underwood, as dense as a jungle, close about the door.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • He was passing a thicket that skirted the road, when a cautious "Hist!"
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various
  • In vain he explored every thicket, and surveyed all the paths of the forest.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Why should they not dash across that field and vanish in the thicket?
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • It was evident that the Prussians had no inclination to beat up the thicket.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • I have seen her running on all fours in a thicket near La Palud.'
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
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