thickness

Speech parts

1. thickness - Noun

2. thickness - Verb

Meaning

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

layer density depth stratum stupidity viscosity fatness denseness body lamina measure diameter bulk sheet gauge

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Antonyms

sharpness acuity thinness quick-wittedness education research

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Hypernyms

body dimension consistency articulation consistence broadness

Hyponyms

gauge creaminess soupiness semifluidity

Phrases with the word

comparable thickness effective throat thickness sediment thickness half-thickness design throat thickness

Examples

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease. Vitruvius

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. Denis Healey

It's very nearly 1989 but it's midnight in the Dark Ages just the thickness of a book away, the thickness of a skull away; just the turn of a page away. Iain Banks

Eight solid light-years of lead...is the thickness of that metal in which you would need to encase yourself if you wanted to keep from being touched by neutrinos. I guess the little fuckers are everywhere. Michael Chabon

There is not the thickness of a peso between good and evil. Puerto Rican Proverb

There is not the thickness of a sixpence between good and evil. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

thicklip trevally thickly thickly settled thickness planer thicknesser thicknet