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thickener

thickener noun: that which thickens.

Noun

thickener (plural thickeners)

  1. That which thickens.
    • This is a new twist, a plot thickener.1991, Pat Pattison, Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure
  2. Any substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent; a binder.
    Synonyms:
    liaison

thickener meaning in Tamil

thickener in Tamil

கெட்டிமையாக்கி

Synonyms of thickener

Forms of thickener

pluralthickeners

Origin of thickener

From thicken + -er.

Words formed from thickener

Questions about thickener

What does thickener mean?
Thickener means that which thickens.
What is thickener in Tamil?
Thickener in Tamil is கெட்டிமையாக்கி. See Thickener meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thickener?
Thickener is a noun.
What is the plural of thickener?
The plural of thickener is thickeners.

Words near thickener in the dictionary

  1. thicken
  2. thicken up
  3. thickenable
  4. thickened
  5. thickened up
  6. thickener
  7. thickeners
  8. thickening
  9. thickening agent
  10. thickening agents
  11. thickening layer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thickener (page history and authors); thickener (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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