thickset

thick·set (th

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adj.

1. Having a solid, stocky form or body; stout.

2. Positioned or placed closely together.

thickset [ˌθɪkˈsɛt]

adj

1. stocky in build; sturdy

2. densely planted or placed

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a rare word for thicket

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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" heavyset, stocky, compact, thick short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little 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"

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

Translations

thickset [ˌθɪkˈset] ADJ [person] → robusto, fornido; [features] → grueso, gordo

thickset [ˌθɪkˈsɛt] adj [person] → trapu(e)
thick-skinned thickskinned [ˌθɪkˈskɪnd] adj [person] → insensible

thickset [ˌθɪkˈsɛt] adj (person) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a

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beefy brawny bulldog burly chunky Clumber Clumber spaniel cob compact cutty English bulldog heavyset nuggety stocky stout stoutish stoutly stoutness stubby	Monsieur Faucheux's horses were serviceable animals, with thickset knees, and legs that had some difficulty in moving. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context The man who now confronted Gashford, was a squat, thickset personage, with a low, retreating forehead, a coarse shock head of hair, and eyes so small and near together, that his broken nose alone seemed to prevent their meeting and fusing into one of the usual size. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context demanded a thickset, moon-faced young Flamand in a blouse. The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context	thick-lipped thick-skinned Thick-skulled thick-stemmed Thick-winded thick-witted Thickbill thicken thickened thickener thickening thicker thicket thicket-forming thickhead thickheaded thickheadedness thickie Thickish thickleaf thickly thickly settled thickness thickness gauge thicko thickset Thickskin Thickskull thickspread Thider Thiderward thief Thief catcher Thief leader Thief taker Thief tube Thiefly Thielavia Thielavia basicola Thienone Thienyl Thiers thieve thievery Thieves' vinegar thieving thievish thievishly thievishness thigh Thigh bone	thickness noise thickness pattern Thickness planer thickness ratio Thickness Shear Mode Thickness Shear Mode Resonator Thickness/Chord Ratio thicknessed thicknessed thicknessed thicknessed Thicknesser Thicknesser Thicknesser Thicknesser thicknessers thicknessers thicknessers thicknessers thicknesses thicknesses thicknesses thicknesses thicknessing thicknessing thicknessing thicknessing Thicknet thicko thickos thickset Thickshake Thickskin Thickskull Thicksotropic Thicksotropic Thicksotropic thickspread ThickWire Thider Thiderward thidiazuron thidiazuron Thiebautia thief thief thief thief thief Thief / Mage Thief 2 Thief ant Thief ant Thief ant Thief catcher thief in the night Thief leader Thief River Falls Thief River Falls, MN, USA - Thief River Falls Municipal Thief taker Thief tube

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beefy
brawny
bulldog
burly
chunky
Clumber
Clumber spaniel
cob
compact
cutty
English bulldog
heavyset
nuggety
stocky
stout
stoutish
stoutly
stoutness
stubby

Monsieur Faucheux's horses were serviceable animals, with thickset knees, and legs that had some difficulty in moving.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

The man who now confronted Gashford, was a squat, thickset personage, with a low, retreating forehead, a coarse shock head of hair, and eyes so small and near together, that his broken nose alone seemed to prevent their meeting and fusing into one of the usual size.

Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context

demanded a thickset, moon-faced young Flamand in a blouse.

The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

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