thickset
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adjective
1.
set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
2.
studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed: a sky thickset with stars.
3.
heavily or solidly built; stocky: a thickset young man.
noun
4.
a thicket.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | stocky in build; sturdy |
| 2. | densely planted or placed |
| —n | |
| 3. | a rare word for thicket |
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Some are thickset and muscular, others lightly built with small frames and long legs.
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