thickening

English

Noun

thickening (plural thickenings)

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. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 6

     […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

Translations

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• French: épaississement (fr)

• Italian: ispessimento (it)

Verb

thickening

1. simple past tense and past participle of thicken