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thick stuff

thick stuff noun: all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve.

Noun

thick stuff (uncountable)

  1. All plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve.
    • In order to prove the efficacy of this plan , six pieces of rough and six of sided timber were put into the mast - pond at Deptford , and twelve pieces of rough , and twelve of sided timber , and six pieces of thick-stuff , were placed in the mast1821, John Knowles, An Inquiry Into The Means Which Have Been Taken To Preserve The British Navy, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time

Questions about thick stuff

What does thick stuff mean?
Thick stuff means all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve.
What part of speech is thick stuff?
Thick stuff is a noun.

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