Thickening

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of making or becoming thick.
  • n. Material used to thicken: stir in a thickening of flour and water.
  • n. A thickened part.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
  • n. a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
  • n. a thickened part of a structure
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of thicken.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or process of making or becoming thick.
  • n. A substance used in making thick; specifically, in dyeing and calico-printing, same as thickener.
  • n. That which has become thick.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. accumulating and becoming more intense
  • n. the act of thickening
  • n. any thickened enlargement
  • adj. becoming more intricate or complex
  • n. any material used to thicken
    • Equivalent
    intensifying    complex   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    condensation    condensing    convex shape    convexity    stuff   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stiffening    inspissant    incrassative   
    Verb Stem
    thicken   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chickening    quickening    sickening   
     
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