thickset

[US]/θɪk'set/
[UK]/θɪk'sɛt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. sturdy and compact in build; short and stout; dense
n. heavy twilled cloth; dense hedge.

Example Sentences

He was a thickset man with a strong build.

The thickset bushes provided good cover for the animals.

She had a thickset frame that made her a powerful athlete.

The thickset walls of the castle were built to withstand attacks.

The thickset trees blocked out most of the sunlight.

He had a thickset neck that made it difficult for him to turn his head.

The thickset door was difficult to open without the key.

The thickset armor protected the knight from sword blows.

Despite his thickset appearance, he was surprisingly agile.

The thickset rope was used to secure the boat to the dock.

Real-world Examples

Both of them were thickset and looked extremely mean.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

He was shorter than Ron, thickset, with a number of burns and scratches up his muscled arms.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He was thickset and had a face full of bulging muscles.

Source: The Three-Body Problem I

The thickset man shrugged away from the wall as I warily came to a stop, and walked slowly into the street.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

He had struck me then as a sturdy, thickset man of no more than average height.

Source: Blade (Part Two)

He was short, but not thickset, slight rather and thin; dark and clean-shaven, with very regular, clean-cut features.

Source: Veil

Setting the candle on the stand, she unlocked the door and in the wavering light she saw Rhett Butler, not a ruffle disarranged, supporting her small, thickset father.

Source: Gone with the Wind

On rocky ground it is a rough, thickset tree, about forty to sixty feet high and one to three feet in diameter, bark thin and gummy, branches rather naked, tassels, leaves, and cones small.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

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