thickness
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thickness
- /ˈθɪknəs/
Rhymes with -ɪknəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).
noun thicknesses
- The property of being thick (in dimension).
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A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.
Similar: depth
- A layer. We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- The quality of being thick (in consistency). Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
- The property of being thick (slow to understand).
- The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
Similar: denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness · Opposite: fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness, mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness
verb thicknesses · thicknessing · thicknessed
- To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer. Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: heaviness, thick, thickening, height, width, depth, layer, ply, accumulation, blade, season, wall, gauge, density, weight, caliper
noun
Similar: denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness · Opposite: fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness, mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness
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noun property of being thick in dimension
| Español | grosor, espesura |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 두께 dukke |
| 日本語 | 厚み atsumi |
| 中文 | 厚度 hòudù |
| हिन्दी | मोटाई moṭāī |
| Português | grossura, espessura |
| Français | épaisseur, grosseur |
| Deutsch | Dicke |
| Italiano | spessore, grossezza |
| Ελληνικά | πάχος páchos |
| Română | grosime |
| Русский | толщина́ tolščiná |
| Tiếng Việt | dày |
| العربية | سَمَاكَة samāka |
Talk about this word "thickness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thickness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thickness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thickness "thickness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thickness.Cite this
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title = {thickness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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