Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.