thicket

Thicket — Thick et, n. [AS. [thorn]iccet. See {Thick}, a.] A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

thicket — noun чаща; заросли …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

thicket — 1> чаща, заросли …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

thicket — index assemblage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

thicket — noun Etymology: Middle English *thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce thick Date: before 12th century 1. a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees ; coppice 2. something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability ; tangle < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Thicket — += See also = A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large amounts of highly viable seeds that are able to… …   Wikipedia

thicket — ˈθɪkɪt сущ. чаща; заросли чаща, заросли thicket чаща; заросли …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

thicket — thicketed, thickety, adj. /thik it/, n. a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice. [bef. 1000; OE thiccet (not recorded in ME), equiv. to thicce THICK + et n. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

thicket — 1) чаща 2) гарига 3) гаррига 4) заглушье 5) чащоба …   Англо-русский технический словарь

thicket — noun a) A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. b) 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 …   Wiktionary