The meaning of Thickset

adjective

Muscular or robust.

Usage examples:

He shrugged his beefy shoulders

adjective

(of a person, esp. a man) large, heavy, and powerful looking

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A big, beefy football player

adjective

Physically strong; muscular.

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A great brawny brute

adjective

(of a person) large and strong; heavily built.

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I saw a burly figure approaching

adjective

Bulky and thick.

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A chunky bracelet

adjective

Made of thick or lumpy pieces

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She wears chunky earrings and rings and a baggy sweater., i love chunky peanut butter!, she’s a chu…

adjective

(of horses, dogs, and other animals) shortish and thickset; stocky.

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Words such as broad, thick, powerful and cobby defined persian cats, while turkish angoras answered…

adjective

With a body that is relatively short and wide

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Selection for the breed's square and cobby body has exaggerated those qualities, causing a number o…

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

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A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

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Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

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Heavy-laden

adjective

Large and heavy.

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A hefty young chap

adjective

Large in amount or size

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A hefty fine/bonus, a hefty steak dinner, a hefty, pink-faced baby

adjective

Extremely large

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A hefty 15.9%/30%/54%, etc. one of the market's star performers announced a hefty $10bn share buyba…

adjective

(of a person or object) very large, heavy, or clumsy.

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A hulking young man

adjective

Large and heavy

Usage examples:

We were stopped by two hulking security guards., how do you expect me to lift that hulking great box?

adjective

Full of or resembling meat.

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A meaty flavour

adjective

Containing a lot of meat

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A meaty meal

adjective

Having a strong body with wide shoulders, a narrow waist, and hard muscles

Usage examples:

Sprinters tend to have muscular, mesomorphic bodies and a high proportion of fast-twitch muscle fib…

adjective

Relating to or affecting the muscles.

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Energy is needed for muscular activity

adjective

Having well-developed muscles

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Muscular arms/legs

adjective

Occurring as nuggets.

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Nuggety gold

adjective

Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat.

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One's physical or bodily shape can be classified into the pyknic type, the muscular type and the in…

adjective

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

The stream was frozen solid

noun

A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

I was reminded of high school physics where we learned that solids conduct sound better than both l…

adjective

Having a fixed shape that cannot be changed easily

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After flying all night, he was glad to be on solid ground., solid rock, a solid oak table, solid go…

adjective

Broad and sturdily built.

Usage examples:

He had a short, stocky body

adjective

(esp. of a man) wide and strong-looking

Usage examples:

He was shorter and stockier than i expected.

adjective

(especially of a young person) big and strong.

Usage examples:

They had three strapping sons

noun

Adhesive plaster for binding injured parts of the body.

Usage examples:

Initial treatment options for heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis include anti-inflammatory medic…

verb

Fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.

Usage examples:

I had to strap the bag to my bicycle

adjective

(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built.

Usage examples:

He had a sturdy, muscular physique

noun

Vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain.

adjective

Strong or solid

Usage examples:

That ladder doesn’t look sturdy enough to hold you.