thickset

noun

1
A thick hedge.
2
A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
3
A piece of clothing made from this fabric.

adjective

1
Having a relatively short, heavy build.
“a thickset, muscular figure; a thickset workhorse”
syn:big-boned stocky stout
ant:sleek slender slim svelte willowy
2
Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted.
“a thickset wood; a thickset hedge”
syn:dense thick
ant:sparse thin
3
Densely covered (with something).
“a gully thickset with brambles”

Synonyms

big-boned stocky stout dense thick

Antonyms

sleek slender slim svelte willowy sparse thin

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thickset

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