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thickset

adjective

thick·​set ˈthik-ˌset How to pronounce thickset (audio)
1
: closely placed
also : growing thickly
a thickset wood
2
: having a thick body : burly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The thickset prison administrator, known as Bawar to his friends, had been keenly aware that the prison was vulnerable to assault. Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 The hotel's two restaurants, an offshoot of the Beefbar, and Biancaneve, are awash with more banquettes upholstered in colorful cozy fabrics arranged around thickset wood tables, a nod to the hotel's Alpine location. Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Joseph Loconte, National Review, 31 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of thickset was in the 14th century

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