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
.
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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."
Equivalent
complex
intensifying
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
condensation
condensing
convex shape
convexity
material
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
chickening
quickening
sickening
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
adhesiveness
clabbering
clamminess
clotting
coagulation
verb-stem
thicken