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antithickening

antithickening adjective: preventing or inhibiting thickening.

Adjective

antithickening (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or inhibiting thickening.
    • Sometimes flour is lightly or heavily prebrowned for roux. This process adds flavor and color but destroys some of the thickening power of the flour; acidic foods also have this antithickening effect.1990, Lendal Henry Kotschevar, Short Order Cooking, page 95

Origin of antithickening

From anti- + thickening.

Questions about antithickening

What does antithickening mean?
Antithickening means preventing or inhibiting thickening.
What part of speech is antithickening?
Antithickening is an adjective.

Words near antithickening in the dictionary

  1. antithetically
  2. antitheticalness
  3. antithetics
  4. antithets
  5. antithiamine
  6. antithickening
  7. antithrips
  8. antithrombic
  9. antithrombin
  10. antithrombins
  11. antithrombocyte

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