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   thickness

   /ˈθɪknɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the distance through an object, as distinct from width or height: "the gateway is several feet in thickness" Similar widthbreadthdepthdiameterextentbreadthbroadnesswidthwidenesslargenessbignessbulkinesssolidnessOpposite thinness
   • ▪ a layer of a specified material: "the framework has to support two thicknesses of plasterboard" Similar layerstratumstratificationseamveinbandsheetfilmlaminaplycoatcoating
   • ▪ a broad or deep part of a specified thing: "the beams were set into the thickness of the wall"
   • 2. the state or quality of being thick: "he gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the fog" Similar densitydensenessheavinessopacityopaquenessimpenetrabilitysoupinessmurkiness

   verb

   • 1. plane or cut (wood) to a desired breadth or depth.

   Word Origin Old Englishthicness (see thick, -ness).

   Derivatives

   • 1. thicknesser noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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