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thick·set
(thĭk′sĕt′)adj.
1. Having a solid, stocky form or body; stout.
2. Positioned or placed closely together.
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thickset
(ˌθɪkˈsɛt)adj
1. stocky in build; sturdy
2. densely planted or placed
n
(Botany) a rare word for thicket
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thick•set
(adj. ˈθɪkˈsɛt; n. -ˌsɛt)adj.
1. heavily or solidly built; stocky: a thickset wrestler.
2. set in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
n. 3. a thicket.
[1325–75]
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Adj. | 1. | thickset - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" |
2. | thickset - planted or growing close together; "thickset trees" concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" |
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thickset
adjective stocky, sturdy, burly, strong, heavy, muscular, bulky, beefy (informal), well-built, stubby, brawny, powerfully built his stout, thickset figure
stocky gaunt, bony, lanky, angular, weedy (informal), scrawny, gangling, scraggy, rawboned
stocky gaunt, bony, lanky, angular, weedy (informal), scrawny, gangling, scraggy, rawboned
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thickset
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
thickset
[ˌθɪkˈsɛt] adj [person] → trapu(e)thick-skinned thickskinned [ˌθɪkˈskɪnd] adj [person] → insensibleCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
thickset
[ˌθɪkˈsɛt] adj (person) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995