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thickset

noun

Meaning

  • A thick hedge.

  • A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

  • A piece of clothing made from this fabric.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having a relatively short, heavy build.

    "a thickset, muscular figure; a thickset workhorse"

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

    "a thickset wood; a thickset hedge"

  • Densely covered (with something).

    "a gully thickset with brambles"

Synonyms

big-boned,
stocky,
stout,
dense,
thick