Definitions for thickset

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thickset thick·set

Spelling: [adjective thik-set; noun Thickset is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in thickset (cehikstt).

Definitions for thickset

noun

1. a thicket.

adjective

1. set thickly or in close arrangement; dense:
2. studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed:
3. heavily or solidly built; stocky:

Origin of thickset

1325-75; Middle English thikke sette. See thick (adv.), set

Examples for thickset

Men who were tall and slender, and men who were short and thickset.

Rao Khan was a short, thickset man, with a round, smooth face.

But they did not see him just at first because of his short, thickset stature.

He was a short, thickset man with a German cast of countenance.

The lieutenant was very short, thickset, deep-chested, and powerful.

He was a man of middle age or upwards, of middle height, and thickset.

By his side was a short, thickset man with dark, sallow features.

The thickset, young man remuttered the period that they were there for the stuff.

He was considerably under the average height, but thickset and strong.

She was short for her age—fourteen years—but thickset, with powerful limbs.