Thicket

Definitions

1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
2. A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
   figuratively
3. 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.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward⟳, started a hare. It bolted for a thicket of alders.”

“He had to complete⟳ a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join⟳ the company.”

“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call⟳ it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play⟳ consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate⟳ big free trade⟳ and investment agreements.”

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