1. dense groups of bushes, small trees, or shrubs growing closely together
Usage: plural of thicket

Examples

• The rabbit disappeared into the thickets behind the barn.
• Hikers had to push through dense thickets to reach the trail.
• Birds nested safely in the thorny thickets.
• The explorers got lost in the jungle thickets.
• Wild berries grew abundantly in the thickets along the creek.
• The deer emerged from the thickets at dawn to graze.