thickening

thickening is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Thicken. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Thicken
2. noun. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
3. noun. the act of thickening

   Synonyms: inspissation

4. noun. any thickened enlargement

   Synonyms: knob, node

5. noun. any material used to thicken

   "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"

   Synonyms: thickener

6. adjective. accumulating and becoming more intense

   "the deepening gloom"

   "felt a deepening love"

   Synonyms: deepening

7. adjective. becoming more intricate or complex

   "a thickening plot"

Synonyms

inspissation, knob, node, thickener, deepening

Common word forms

thicken

Words from these letters

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