thickening
Collocations
4ADJ.
good, industrial, protective
VERB + THICKENING
causes, fog, function
THICKENING + NOUN
haze, soup
ADV.
quickly
Definitions
noun
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
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 […]
They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.
adj
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of thickening
noun — any material used to thicken
- thickener
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[…] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]
WiktionaryThey disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.
WiktionaryFrom 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
WiktionaryThe fog was thickening quickly.
Tatoeba · #322848If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
Tatoeba · #327613Corn starch is good for thickening soup.
Tatoeba · #2354294