thickness
- to bring (a piece, as a board) to a uniform thickness.
Origin of thickness
Related Words for thickness
density, width, depth, girth, breadth, diameter, layer, sheet, consistency, dimension, heaviness, solidity, closeness, fatness, clot, compactness, stiffness, concentration, distance, consistenceExamples from the Web for thickness
Contemporary Examples of thickness
There was another large decrease in 2012, but Wadhams and other experts also worry that the thickness of Arctic ice is plummeting.
Add the chicken stock and simmer until reduced; the thickness should be enough to coat the back of a spoon.
The amount of time the fennel needs to cook will depend upon its thickness and the heat of your range.
Simmered in the Belgian beef stew known as Carbonnade, a Chimay can make the broth rich with flavor and thickness.
Bake the salmon until it is just cooked through (about 10-15 minutes depending on thickness).
Historical Examples of thickness
None of us had changed positions, so much as a leaf's thickness.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Bake it in a brisk oven an hour or more according to its thickness.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Bake it about an hour, more or less, according to its thickness.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
They are nine feet in thickness, and are still in many places twenty feet high.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
A thickness of speech was accounted for by the absence of teeth.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
thickness
- the state or quality of being thick
- the dimension through an object, as opposed to length or width
- a layer of something
- a thick part
Word Origin and History for thickness
thickness
(thĭk′nĭs)- The quality or condition of being thick.
- The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the one of smallest measure.
- A layer or stratum.