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How to pronounce thickset in English?

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Synonyms compact, heavyset, stocky, thick


a thickset young man.
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thickset trees.

Examples of thickset

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Two more follow, and Soto, a thickset man with calloused hands, pulls up the gate.
From the washingtonpost.com
Then, in 2008 or 2009, Tamerlan met Misha, a thickset bald man with a reddish beard.
From the france24.com
The Koala is a thickset arboreal marsupialherbivore endemic to Australia.
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Goss, a thickset Bavarian with a dry sense of humour, admits it has all been rather overwhelming.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Thickset densely bearded fanboys in the good lounge and poor Catherine pecking away in Siberia.
From the guardian.co.uk
Where the short, thickset Abramoff did make his mark was on the football field and in the weight room.
From the time.com
It doesn't take long for it all to go wrong for the beleaguered, thickset and middle-aged lecturer.
From the independent.co.uk
The thickset, muscular mercenaries, were to be disguised as South African rugby players taking a holiday.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Thickset, bearded men lean against the walls, watchfully.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Compact: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
  • Planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"
  • Having a short, heavy build; stout