What does thicket mean?
Word: Thicket
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Thicket means a small area where bushes and young trees grow very close together, making it hard to walk through.
How do you spell thicket?
Syllables: thick - et
Tricky part: Thicket keeps the whole of thick; the ending is et, not it.
Watch out for: thickit, thikket
Memory tip: Thicket, ticket and pocket all end in cket: put your ticket in your pocket before you push into the thicket.
Thicket in a sentence
Example 1: A deer stood still at the edge of the thicket.
Example 2: The ball rolled into a thorny thicket behind the school.
Example 3: Birds built their nests deep inside the bamboo thicket.
Fun Fact
Thicket comes from the Old English thiccet, a word built from thicce, which meant thick.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) woodlend
b) shrubery
c) brambel
d) thicket
Show answer
d) thicket. Bramble ends in le, shrubbery doubles its b and woodland ends in land; thicket is spelt right.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
thicket
a) meadow
b) clearing
c) orchard
d) undergrowth
Show answer
d) undergrowth. A thicket is a patch of dense undergrowth; a clearing and a meadow are open ground, and an orchard is planted with fruit trees.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tekchit
a) kitchen
b) thicken
c) thickest
d) thicket
Show answer
d) thicket. Thicken and kitchen both need an n and thickest an s; these seven letters can only spell thicket.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
A peacock strutted out of the thicket and opened its beautifull tail.
a) peacock
b) thicket
c) strutted
d) beautifull
Show answer
d) beautifull. Beautiful has only one l at the end.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why might a hare dash into a thicket?
a) to lie in the sun
b) to hide from a fox
c) to look for fish
d) to find deep water
Show answer
b) to hide from a fox
2. What might you get if you pushed through a thorny thicket?
a) a sore throat
b) scratches on your arms
c) sunburn on your neck
d) water in your ears
Show answer
b) scratches on your arms
