noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈθɪkɪt/weak vowel distinction
[ˈθɪkɪt]weak vowel distinction
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/ˈθɪkət/weak vowel merger
[ˈθɪkət]weak vowel merger
rhymes with -ɪkɪt
homophone: ticket (th-stopping)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Inherited from Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however. Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (gǎstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to Latin dense).
Across languages
Translations
140 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَرِين
(ʕarīn)
— copse
Armenian:
թավուտ
(tʻavut)
— copse
Belarusian:
хмыз
(xmyz)
— copse
Belarusian:
гушча́р
(huščár)
— copse
Belarusian:
не́тры
(njétry)
— copse
Bulgarian:
гъста́к
(gǎsták)
— copse
Bulgarian:
гъстала́к
(gǎstalák)
— copse
Catalan:
matoll
— copse
Cherokee:
ᏌᎷᏱ
(saluyi)
— copse
Chinese Mandarin:
叢林 /丛林
(cónglín)
— copse
Chinese Mandarin:
灌木叢 /灌木丛
(guànmùcóng)
— copse
Chinese Mandarin:
樹叢 /树丛
(shùcóng)
— copse
Choctaw:
abohli
— copse
Chuvash:
чӑтлӑх
(čătlăh)
— copse
Czech:
houští
— copse
Czech:
mlází
— copse
Danish:
krat
— copse
Danish:
buskads
— copse
Dutch:
struikgewas
— copse
Dutch:
kreupelhout
— copse
Dutch:
kreupelbos
— copse
Esperanto:
bosko
— copse
Estonian:
põõsatihnik
— copse
Faroese:
kjarr
— copse
Finnish:
tiheikkö
— copse
French:
fourré
— copse
French:
maquis
— copse
Galician:
mouta
— copse
Galician:
touza
— copse
German:
Dickicht
— copse
German:
Gebüsch
— copse
German:
Gestrüpp
— copse
German:
Buschwerk
— copse
German:
Bruk
— copse
Greek:
λόχμη
(lóchmi)
— copse
Ancient Greek:
τάρφος
(tárphos)
— copse
Ancient Greek:
λόχμη
(lókhmē)
— copse
Hebrew:
סְבַךְ
(svakh)
— copse
Hindi:
झाड़ी
(jhāṛī)
— copse
Hindi:
वन
(van)
— copse
Hindi:
जंगल
(jaṅgal)
— copse
Hungarian:
bozót
— copse
Hungarian:
susnyás
— copse
Icelandic:
kjarr
— copse
Icelandic:
þykkni
— copse
Ido:
arbustaro
— copse
Irish:
mothar
— copse
Irish:
doire
— copse
Irish:
muine
— copse
Italian:
boscaglia
— copse
Italian:
fratta
— copse
Italian:
macchia
— copse
Italian:
boschetto
— copse
Italian:
roveto
— copse
Italian:
ammasso
— copse
Japanese:
茂み
(shigemi)
— copse
Komi-Zyrian:
тшӧкыд
(čökyd)
— copse
Korean:
덤불
(deombul)
— copse
Latin:
virgultum
— copse
Latin:
vespex
— copse
Latin:
frutectum
— copse
Latvian:
brikšņi
— copse
Latvian:
biezoknis
— copse
Latvian:
krūmi
— copse
Lithuanian:
krūmokšniai
— copse
Lithuanian:
tankumynas
— copse
Macedonian:
гу́стеж
(gústež)
— copse
Macedonian:
че́стак
(čéstak)
— copse
Macedonian:
гу́стиш
(gústiš)
— copse
Macedonian:
че́стар
(čéstar)
— copse
Macedonian:
бу́јак
(bújak)
— copse
Māori:
tairo
— copse
Māori:
oro
— copse
Eastern Mari:
чашкер
(čašker)
— copse
Western Mari:
тӹшкер
(tÿšker)
— copse
Middle English:
spryng
— copse
Norwegian Bokmål:
kratt
— copse
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjerr
— copse
Old English:
þiccet
— copse
Persian:
بیشه
(bêše)
— copse
Polish:
zarośla
— copse
Polish:
gęstwina
— copse
Polish:
zarośla
— copse
Polish:
chaszcze
— copse
Portuguese:
moita
— copse
Portuguese:
matagal
— copse
Romanian:
tufiș
— copse
Romanian:
subarboret
— copse
Romanian:
pădurice
— copse
Romanian:
crâng
— copse
Romanian:
arboret
— copse
Romanian:
desiș
— copse
Russian:
ча́ща
(čášča)
— copse
Russian:
за́росли
(zárosli)
— copse
Russian:
гу́ща
(gúšča)
— copse
Sanskrit:
गुल्म
(gulma)
— copse
Serbo-Croatian:
гу̀стӣш
— copse
Serbo-Croatian:
шѝкара
— copse
Serbo-Croatian:
gùstīš
— copse
Serbo-Croatian:
šìkara
— copse
Slovak:
húštie
— copse
Slovak:
húšťava
— copse
Slovak:
húština
— copse
Slovene:
gošča
— copse
Slovene:
goščava
— copse
Lower Sorbian:
gusć
— copse
Lower Sorbian:
gusćina
— copse
Lower Sorbian:
gusćinka
— copse
Spanish:
matorral
— copse
Spanish:
bosquecillo
— copse
Swedish:
snår
— copse
Swedish:
busksnår
— copse
Thai:
พง
(pong)
— copse
Tumbuka:
lusukuti
— copse
Turkish:
çalılık
— copse
Turkish:
bük
— copse
Ottoman Turkish:
بوك
(bük)
— copse
Udmurt:
варсэм
(varsem)
— copse
Ukrainian:
ха́щі
(xášči)
— copse
Ukrainian:
ха́ща
(xášča)
— copse
Ukrainian:
гуща́вина
(huščávyna)
— copse
Ukrainian:
гу́ща
(húšča)
— copse
Ukrainian:
гу́щава
(húščava)
— copse
Ukrainian:
гуща́к
(huščák)
— copse
Ukrainian:
не́трі
(nétri)
— copse
Ukrainian:
не́трища
(nétryšča)
— copse
Ukrainian:
за́рості
(zárosti)
— copse
Ukrainian:
чагарни́к
(čaharnýk)
— copse
Unami:
ahëwe
— copse
Uzbek:
chakalakzor
— copse
Uzbek:
changalzor
— copse
Vietnamese:
bụi
— copse
Vietnamese:
bụi rậm
— copse
Welsh:
llwyn
— copse
Welsh:
dryslwyn
— copse
Finnish:
viidakko
— A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
German:
Gestrüpp
— A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
German:
Dickicht
— A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
German:
Dschungel
— A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
Irish:
mothar
— A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.