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thickset

[ adjective thik-set; noun thik-set ]

adjective

  1. set thickly or in close arrangement; dense:

    a thickset hedge.

  2. studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed:

    a sky thickset with stars.

  3. heavily or solidly built; stocky:

    a thickset young man.



noun

  1. a thicket.

thickset

/ ˌθɪ°ìˈ²õÉ›³Ù /

adjective

  1. stocky in build; sturdy
  2. densely planted or placed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rare word for thicket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thickset1

1325–75; Middle English thikke sette. See thick (adv.), set
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Our laughter pierced the thickset quiet, as seemingly the whole neighborhood had opted for the comfort of the indoors that evening.

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Vinterberg also makes excellent use of Mikkelsen’s own past as a dancer, mining the incongruously fluid body language of a tall, thickset man with a jaw that seems carved out of lead.

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The same small quick eyes, the same thickset imperturbable body; the same schedules.

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In the foothills of the steep Mount Lu, a half-dozen thickset men loitered around a roadblock they constructed out of bamboo poles.

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A thickset young man in a plaid shirt got out of the passenger side and gestured for Salvador and Lupita to come up to the car.

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