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thickset
noun
A thick hedge.
A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
A piece of clothing made from this fabric.
adjective
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"
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