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thickness noun [ ˈθɪknəs ]

• the distance through an object, as distinct from width or height.
• "the gateway is several feet in thickness"
Similar: width, breadth, depth, diameter, extent, broadness, wideness, largeness, bigness, bulkiness, solidness,
Opposite: thinness,
• the state or quality of being thick.
• "he gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the fog"
Similar: density, denseness, heaviness, opacity, opaqueness, impenetrability, soupiness, murkiness,

thickness verb

• plane or cut (wood) to a desired breadth or depth.
Origin: Old English thicness (see thick, -ness).


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