thickening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any material used to thicken
starch is used in cooking as a thickening
Types & categories
- material hypernym
Related & opposite
- thicken derivation
- inspissate derivation
Sense 2 noun
any thickened enlargement
Types & categories
- convex shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- knobby derivation
Sense 3 adjective
becoming more intricate or complex
a thickening plot
Related & opposite
- complex similar to
Sense 4 noun
the act of thickening
Types & categories
- condensing hypernym
Related & opposite
- thicken derivation
- thicken derivation
- inspissate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | knobby |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | convex shape |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | complex |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | condensing |