thicket

Main Entry:
thicket [thik-it]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plant
Synonyms: boscage, bosk, brake, brush, brushwood, bush, chaparral, clump, coppice, copse, covert, grove, growth, hedge, shrubbery, spinny, underbrush, wood, woods
Main Entry: brush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scrappy bushes
Synonyms: boscage, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, cover, dingle, fern, gorse, grove, hedge, scrub, sedge, shrubbery, spinney, thicket, undergrowth, underwood
Main Entry: bunch
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: collection of something
Synonyms: agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft
Antonyms: individual, one
Main Entry: bush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shrubs; woodland
Synonyms: backcountry, backwoods, boscage, bramble, briar, brush, chaparral, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, scrubland, shrubbery, the wild, thicket, vine, wilderness
Notes: bush and shrub are used interchangeably for relatively low woody perennials with many stems and branches that grow from a complex close to the ground; a tree is a woody perennial, usually taller, with branches starting higher up
Main Entry: forest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area with a large number of trees
Synonyms: backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods
Main Entry: grove
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cluster of trees
Synonyms: brake, coppice, copse, covert, forest, orchard, plantation, spinney, stand, thicket, wood, woodland
Main Entry: hedge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants
Synonyms: barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak
Main Entry: woods
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forest
Synonyms: boscage, bosk, coppice, copse, silva, thicket, woodland
Main Entry: coppice
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: woods
Synonyms: bosk, copse, firth, forest, grove, growth, regrow, thicket, underwood, wood, woodland
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