thicket

About 1.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
2. noun A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.

   He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.

3. noun 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.

Similar words

coppice copse brushwood brush jungle shrub bush canebrake brake doughnut

Often followed by

of and in to where on that or by

Word family

thickets thickety