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dense

/dɛns/

An illustration for dense

adjective1 of 2

very thick and difficult to see/get through

  • “In this valley, the forest is unusually dense and dark.”Tatoeba
  • “There is a dense population of young people around here.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A thicket.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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