thickening
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Is thickening a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of thickening?
Definition
noun (English)
1. any material used to thickenExamples: "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"Synonyms: thickener, thickening
2. any thickened enlargementSynonyms: knob, node, thickening
3. the act of thickeningSynonyms: inspissation, thickening
verb (English)
1. make thick or thickerExamples: "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"Synonyms: inspissate, thickenAntonyms: thin
2. become thick or thickerExamples: "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"Synonyms: inspissate, thickenAntonyms: thin
3. make viscous or denseExamples: "thicken the sauce by adding flour"Synonyms: inspissate, thicken
adjective satellite (English)
1. accumulating and becoming more intenseExamples: "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"Synonyms: deepening, thickening
2. becoming more intricate or complexExamples: "a thickening plot"Synonyms: thickening
Definition source: Wiktionary