Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
thicket
IPA transcription: [θ'ɪkɪt]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
Meaning:
a dense growth of bushes
Usage examples
Slowly disengaging its significance from the thicket of words
It came from the thicket, and it sounded very much like a snore.
It was caused by an obstruction,--a patch of impenetrable thicket.
The noise, whatever it was, came from the other side of the thicket.
He dropped down on his stomach and carefully began to worm his way under the thicket.
No sound or movement disturbed the serenity of the dense pear thicket ten yards away.
The travellers paused for a moment at the edge of the thicket, and took counsel together.
We were passing by the thicket, of which the young reporter had spoken to us a minute before.
Now he noticed that the ledge was divided by a thicket which grew from the inner side to the outer.
The sun was low, and the broad shade of the great pear thicket already covered the grass- thatched hut.