thicknessnoun
uk/ˈθɪk.nəs/us/ˈθɪk.nəs/[ U ] the quality of being thick:
The thickness of the mulch will prevent weeds from growing around the shrubs.
Just feel the thickness of this carpet!
[ C or U ] the distance between the opposite sides of something:
How do you measure the thickness of paper?
Look at the thickness of that tree trunk.
[ C ] a layer of something:
Put several thicknesses of newspaper on the table before you start painting.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heaviness
- heavy
- hefty
- ponderous
- sludgy
- thick
- thicken
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a ton idiom
- weight
- wiry
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