thickening
Noun

thickening

  1. The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
  2. A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
  3. A thickened part of a structure.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
      {...}} the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts {{...}
Translations Translations Verb
  1. present participle of thicken#English|thicken



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