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Meaning of Thicket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈθɪkɪt

Definitions

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

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العربية أيك الأجمة عرين لف

Беларуская не́тры хмыз

Български гъстак

Bosanski čestar desiš oro šipražje честар шипражје

Català matoll

Čeština houšť houští mlází roští

Cymraeg dryslwyn llwyn

Dansk buskads

Deutsch Buschwerk Dickicht Dschungel Gebüsch Gestrüpp Horst

Ελληνικά λόχμη

Esperanto bosko

Español bosquecillo matorral

فارسی بیشِه

Suomi pöheikkö pöpelikkö pusikko puskikko risukko ryteikkö tiheikkö viidakko vitikko

Français fourré maquis

Gaeilge dóire mothar muine

Galego mouta touza

עברית סבך

हिन्दी जंगल झाड़ी झुरमुट वन

Hrvatski čestar desiš oro šipražje честар шипражје

Magyar bozót

Հայերեն թավուտ

Bahasa Indonesia belukar

Íslenska kjarr þykkni

Italiano ammasso boscaglia boschetto fratta macchia roveto

日本語くさむら木立槮繁茂み藪

한국어 덤불

Latina frutectum vespex virgultum

Latviešu krūmi

Te Reo Māori oro

Македонски густеж честак честар

Nederlands kreupelbos kreupelhout struikgewas

Polski busz chaszcze chmyz chrapęcina chrust gąszcz gęstwa gęstwina haszcze jaruga kiercina komysz skupina zarośla

Português matagal moita

Română arboret crâng desiș pădurice subarboret tufiș

Русский гуща заросли чаща

Slovenčina húštie

Српски čestar desiš oro šipražje честар шипражје

Svenska busksnår snår

ไทย ดง พง เกาะ

Türkçe çalılık

Українська гущавина не́трі ха́ща

Tiếng Việt bụi bụi rậm chòm

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.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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