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Meaning of thickset

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

thickset

noun

Definitions

  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

Definitions

  1. Having a relatively short, heavy build.

    Example: a thickset, muscular figure; a thickset workhorse

    Synonyms:big-bonedstockystout
    Antonyms:sleekslenderslimsveltewillowy
  2. Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted.

    Example: a thickset wood; a thickset hedge

    Synonyms:densethick
    Antonyms:sparsethin
  3. Densely covered (with something).

    Example: a gully thickset with brambles