thickets

/TH IH1 K AH0 T S/
noun
  1. 1

    A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

  2. 2

    A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.

    โ€œHe had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.โ€

  3. 3

    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.

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