thicket

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English þiccet from þicce "thick" + Old English nominal suffix -et

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkɪt

Noun

thicket (plural thickets)

1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
2. (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.

Translations

copse

Finnish: pusikko (fi), tiheikkö (fi), vitikko (fi), pöheikkö (fi) French: fourré (fr) m., maquis (fr) m. German: Dickicht (de) n. Hebrew: סבך m.

Hungarian: bozót (hu) Italian: boscaglia (it) f., fratta (it) f., macchia (it) f. Spanish: matorral (es)

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