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Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.
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Meaning of "thicket" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THICKET

Old English thiccet.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THICKET

thicket  [ˈθɪkɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THICKET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thicket is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THICKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

thicket

Thicket

A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large amounts of highly viable seeds that are able to germinate in the shelter of the maternal plants. In some conditions the formation or spread of thickets may be assisted by human disturbance of an area. Where a thicket is formed of brier, it may be called a briar patch.

Definition of thicket in the English dictionary

The definition of thicket in the dictionary is a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THICKET


aluminosilicate
əˌluːmɪnəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
borosilicate
ˌbɔːrəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
certificate
səˈtɪfɪkɪt
cricket
ˈkrɪkɪt
delicate
ˈdɛlɪkɪt
duplicate
ˈdjuːplɪkɪt
fecit
ˈfeɪkɪt
indelicate
ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt
intricate
ˈɪntrɪkɪt
picket
ˈpɪkɪt
picquet
ˈpɪkɪt
quadruplicate
kwɒˈdruːplɪkɪt
silicate
ˈsɪlɪkɪt
syndicate
ˈsɪndɪkɪt
ticket
ˈtɪkɪt
triplicate
ˈtrɪplɪkɪt
wicket
ˈwɪkɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THICKET

thick-knit
thick-lipped
thick-skinned
thick-skulled
thick-witted
thick-wittedly
thick-wittedness
thicken
thickener
thickening
thicketed
thickety
thickhead
thickheaded
thickheadedness
thickie
thickies
thickish
thickleaf
thickleaves

WORDS THAT END LIKE THICKET

air ticket
big-ticket
county cricket
day return ticket
dream ticket
entrance ticket
meal ticket
not cricket
on a sticky wicket
one-way ticket
open ticket
parking ticket
plane ticket
pocket
price ticket
round-trip ticket
season ticket
snicket
speeding ticket
sticky wicket
test cricket

Synonyms and antonyms of thicket in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THICKET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thicket» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of thicket
brake · clump · coppice · copse · covert · grove · hurst · spinney · wood · woodland

Translation of «thicket» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THICKET

Find out the translation of thicket to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thicket from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thicket» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灌木林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espesura
570 millions of speakers

English

thicket
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غابة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заросли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

matagal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fourré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

belukar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dickicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

やぶ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

덤불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thicket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chổ rậm rạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झाडाची पाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boscaglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chaszcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зарості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άλσος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snår
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kratt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thicket

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THICKET»

The term «thicket» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THICKET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thicket» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thicket» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thicket

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QUOTES WITH «THICKET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thicket.
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Zhang Ziyi
Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THICKET»

Discover the use of thicket in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thicket and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Big Thicket Guidebook: Exploring the Backroads and ...
Follow the backroads, the historical paths, and the scenic landscape that were fashioned by geologic Ice Ages and traveled by Big Thicket explorers as well as contemporary park advocates as you explore this diverse area.
Lorraine G. Bonney, Maxine Johnston, Pete Addison Y. Gunter, 2011
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Big Thicket Legacy
At the time these stories were recorded, many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first settlers. These people loved the Big Thicket and derived daily enjoyment from it.
Campbell Loughmiller, Lynn Loughmiller, 2002
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Tales from the Big Thicket
Collection of stories about the Big Thicket area of East Texas, from the Civil War up to the 1960s. Subjects include the Native American folklore, hunting, and geography of the region.
Francis Edward Abernethy, 2002
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Dark Thicket
One of America's greatest Western storytellers, Elmer Kelton has been voted the greatest Western writers of all time by the Western Writers of America. Dark Thicket is one of his many classic tales of the history of his home state of Texas.
Elmer Kelton, 2011
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The Big Thicket: An Ecological Reevaluation
He lists representative flora and fauna. The book provides a background—both historical and biological—which will make clear just what the visitor to the Big Thicket is seeing; why it has mattered, and why it will continue to matter.
Pete Addison Y. Gunter, 1993
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Big Thicket People: Larry Jene Fisher's Photographs of the ...
Accompanying each suite of images is a cultural essay by Thad Sitton, who also introduces the book with a historical overview of life in the Big Thicket. C. E. Hunt provides an informative biography of Larry Jene Fisher.
Thad Sitton, C.E. Hunt, 2009
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Saving the Big Thicket: From Exploration to Preservation, ...
This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve.
James Cozine, 2004
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Boardin' in the Thicket: Reminiscences and Recipes of Early ...
Recipes, customs, characters, historical tidbits & down-home country cooking.
Wanda A. Landrey, 1998
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The Book of Forest & Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers ...
Case pack increase to 64 from 51 with reprint
John Andrew Eastman, 1992
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Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist's Odyssey Along the ...
Annotation Having been a plant ecologist and park ranger for the US National Park Service, Watson has now returned to her native east Texas and settled in her private nature preserve.
Geraldine Ellis Watson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THICKET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thicket is used in the context of the following news items.
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Woman missing 9 days found in thicket of woods
A southern Illinois woman missing for nine days has been found in a thicket of woods. The Southern Illinoisan reports 50-year-old Roberta Wallace of Carrier ... «WPSD Local 6, Jul 15»
2
Simon Pegg On Penetrating The 'Thicket Of Nonsense' Around Tom …
He's kind of allowed this thicket of nonsense to evolve around him, and it makes him very unattainable. ... I don't know if he's orchestrated it in any way. He's not ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Big Thicket National Preserve
Big Thicket hunting permits allow hunters to take white-tailed deer, squirrel, rabbit, feral hog, and waterfowl in season. Hogs may also be taken during the ... «National Parks Traveler, Jul 15»
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Big Thicket Brewery expands to selling craft beer at Brookshire …
Big Thicket Brewery is the only craft brewery in Angelina County, and now even more will have access to this local drink. Right now the brewery has a pale ale ... «KTRE, Jul 15»
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'Stolen' Sherston horse Josh found safe and well
Josh, who retired from the Beaufort Hunt earlier this year, was discovered on Saturday trapped in a thicket on a steep bank. The 17.2-hand (1.7m)-high horse ... «BBC News, May 15»
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34 years at Lizard's Thicket – that's a lot of meat-and-threes (+ video)
“She's part of the family,” Lizard's Thicket CEO Bobby Williams said. ... Jarvis, an immigrant from Taiwan, began working at Lizard's Thicket as a waitress in 1981, ... «The State, May 15»
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Temporary trail closures announced at Big Thicket National Park
Acting Superintendent Edward Comeau announced today that due to significant storm activity and record setting rains in the region, many of the hiking trails and ... «TheRecordLive.com, May 15»
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It's Prime Season For A Visit To Big Thicket National Preserve
Big Thicket is a relatively new, and still largely undiscovered, unit of the National Park System, even though parts of this area are within a two-hour drive of ... «National Parks Traveler, Feb 15»
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Big Thicket, Texas
BIG THICKET, TEXAS: Located in eastern Texas, not far from the Gulf of Mexico and near the Louisiana line, is a hodgepodge of junglelike rivers, blackwater ... «CANOE & KAYAK, Jan 15»
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Listen: Trust Punks - Through The Thicket (UTR Premiere)
Late last month Auckland outfit Trust Punks shared the lead single 'Gordian Knot' from their forthcoming debut album, and now the five-piece have returned with ... «Undertheradar, Oct 14»

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