thickset

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a relatively short, heavy build.

   a thickset, muscular figure

2. adjective Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted.

   a thickset wood

3. adjective Densely covered (with something).

   a gully thickset with brambles

4. noun A thick hedge.
5. noun A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
6. noun A piece of clothing made from this fabric.

Similar words

stocky heavyset fat thick concentrated compact burly beefy dense stout

Often followed by

man and body figure with woman young fellow men