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thick-set

thick-set is the alternative form of thickset.

Meaning of thickset

Adjective

thickset (comparative more thickset, superlative most thickset)

  1. Having a relatively short, heavy build.
    • a thickset, muscular figure
  2. Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted.
    • a thickset wood
    Synonyms:
    dense, thick
    Antonyms:
    sparse, thin
  3. Densely covered (with something).
    • a gully thickset with brambles

See all 6 meanings of thickset

Forms of thick-set

comparativemore thick-set
superlativemost thick-set

Questions about thick-set

What is thick-set the alternative form of?
Thick-set is the alternative form of thickset.

Words near thick-set in the dictionary

  1. thick-horned nudibranch
  2. thick-horned nudibranchs
  3. thick-knee
  4. thick-knees
  5. thick-leaved poison
  6. thick-set
  7. thick-skinned
  8. thick-skinnedness
  9. thick-skulled
  10. thick-tailed bushbabies
  11. thick-tailed bushbaby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thick-set (page history and authors); thickset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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