thickening

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thickening

/ˈθɪkənɪŋ/

Where it comes from

From thicken + -ing.

noun thickenings

countable, uncountable The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
countable, uncountable A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
countable, uncountable A thickened part of a structure. […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of thicken

adjective

not comparable Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker. From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

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noun the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous

Español	espesamiento
Português	espessamento
Français	épaississement
Deutsch	Dickwerden
Italiano	ispessimento
Русский	сгуще́ние sguščénije

noun a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce

Español	espesante
Português	espessante
Français	épaississant
Deutsch	Verdickungsmittel
Italiano	addensante

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@misc{thickening_2026,
  title = {thickening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thickening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}