thickset
Americanadjective
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set thickly or in close arrangement; dense.
a thickset hedge.
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studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed.
a sky thickset with stars.
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heavily or solidly built; stocky.
a thickset young man.
noun
adjective
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stocky in build; sturdy
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densely planted or placed
noun
Etymology
Origin of thickset
Example Sentences
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They were both short and thickset, a completely different build from us.
From Literature
Two boys—tall, thickset teens—trailed behind her, clad in threadbare suits, looking bored and sullen.
From Literature
Our laughter pierced the thickset quiet, as seemingly the whole neighborhood had opted for the comfort of the indoors that evening.
From Salon
Vinterberg also makes excellent use of Mikkelsen’s own past as a dancer, mining the incongruously fluid body language of a tall, thickset man with a jaw that seems carved out of lead.
From New York Times
The same small quick eyes, the same thickset imperturbable body; the same schedules.
From The Guardian
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