"thickset" in the adjective sense
1. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, 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"
2. thickset
planted or growing close together
"thickset trees"
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