thickset
- adjective
- /ˈθɪkˌsɛt/
:
denso
- The garden was filled with thickset bushes that provided excellent privacy from the neighbors.
Examples
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In the spring, the vines grow thickset, creating a lush green canopy over the trellis.
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It's kind of a it's a very thick plant here.
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Like there's no mistake in those right there, but super thick leaves.
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This is the Daisy May variety, and I just love how thick they get with blooms.
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And so they don't have a very thick stem.
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Brainstorming diagrams where you start off with a big thing and then you get a sort of thick, thick little branch that comes out and then another little branch.
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And, you know, you'd find random stuff growing in, in different places at other at certain points, the forest got, you know, thicker and denser and darker.
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The forest became increasingly thickset as we ventured deeper, with trees closely packed together.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense
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2.8
Thick with plants making it hard to walk through
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3.8
Covered with many low bushes or thick plants
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2.3
An area covered with many trees
Plants that grow close together to make thick groups of plants
Covered with thick bushes or small trees
Covered with thick plants and small trees like a wild forest
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
Growing in small, dense clumps like tufts of grass
Having many trees like a forest or park
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thickset is made of thick 'closely packed' and set 'placed', giving the image of plants put very near each other. That's why thickset hedges or trees grow close together and form a dense screen.