1
: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse
2
: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle
a political thicket
a thicket of reporters
Examples of thicket in a Sentence
a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Patent thickets are when manufacturers file multiple patents on one product to forestall generic competition.
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Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
In the early days of graphic methods in statistics and the sciences, charts and graphs were meant to be efficient, clearing a thicket of abundant information in the heyday of print.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Its base—a cozy thicket of amber woods and sandalwood laced with frankincense and vetiver—adds a meditative feel to the warming mix.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 25 Mar. 2025
Strauss’s roguish grotesqueries were beautifully played, with warm coziness to the thicket of intertwining lines in the winds.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
In the early days of graphic methods in statistics and the sciences, charts and graphs were meant to be efficient, clearing a thicket of abundant information in the heyday of print.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Its base—a cozy thicket of amber woods and sandalwood laced with frankincense and vetiver—adds a meditative feel to the warming mix.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 25 Mar. 2025
Strauss’s roguish grotesqueries were beautifully played, with warm coziness to the thicket of intertwining lines in the winds.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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thicket
noun
thick·et
ˈthik-ət 
1
: a thick usually small patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
2
: something resembling a thicket in being crowded together or impenetrable
a thicket of fans
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