The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A dense growth of shrubs or underbrush; a copse.
n. Something suggestive of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability or thickness: "the thicket of unreality which stands between us and the facts of life” ( Daniel J. Boorstin).
n. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
n. 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Specifically, in forestry, a stand of saplings.
n. A number of shrubs, bushes, or trees set and growing close together; a thick coppice, grove, or the like.
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n. a dense growth of bushes
Word Usage
"I do recall a thicket of reporters, which is what I understand the Beitbarts of the world were claiming should have picked up the wrongful language if it occurred."