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thickets

The correct spelling is thickets.

How to pronounce thickets

noun

Say it like: Thi-ket-s

The correct spelling is thickets. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. For example: "He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company."

Usage Examples

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

Definition

noun

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

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