The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word THICKETS
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What does THICKETS mean?
THICKETS noun- A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
- A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
- The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.