Thickening

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  • noun. The act or process of making or becoming thick.
  • noun. Material used to thicken.
  • noun. A thickened part.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of making or becoming thick.
  • noun. A substance used in making thick; specifically, in dyeing and calico-printing, same as thickener.
  • noun. That which has become thick.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
  • noun. a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
  • noun. a thickened part of a structure
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of thicken.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. accumulating and becoming more intense
  • noun. the act of thickening
  • noun. any thickened enlargement
  • adjective. becoming more intricate or complex
  • noun. any material used to thicken
  • Word Usage
    "• Use sweet rice flour to replace the traditional wheat flour in thickening gravy."
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    thicken