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thickset

noun
  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
  1. Having a relatively short, heavy build.

    "a thickset, muscular figure; a thickset workhorse"

    Similar: big-boned, stocky, stout

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

    "a thickset wood; a thickset hedge"

    Similar: dense, thick

  3. Densely covered (with something).

    "a gully thickset with brambles"

Synonymsbig-boned, stocky, stout, dense, thick
Antonymssleek, slender, slim, svelte, willowy, sparse

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