thicketed
- adjective
- /ˈθɪkɪtɪd/
- We followed a narrow trail through the thicketed forest.
Examples
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Birds nested in the thicketed area behind the old farmhouse.
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The hikers were cautious as they moved through the thicketed terrain, filled with dense underbrush.
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The thicketed hillside made it hard to see the river below.
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Look at those thicketed bushes!
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The thicketed area was difficult to navigate.
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Wild animals often take refuge in the thicketed patches of the forest, where they can hide from predators.
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The garden was beautifully natural, with thicketed areas providing shelter for various types of wildlife.
Synonyms
Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense
Covered with plants that grow out of control
Thick with plants making it hard to walk through
Covered with many low bushes or thick plants
Plants or trees that grow very close together and form a crowded group
Plants that grow close together to make thick groups of plants
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
Covered with trees and bushes
Covered with thick plants and small trees like a wild forest
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thicketed comes from thick ('dense') and the word thicket, which means a small, bushy wood. So thicketed means 'covered with thick bushes or small trees'.