THICKENER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any material used to thicken

Example:

starch is used in cooking as a thickening

Synonyms:

thickener; thickening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thickener" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Derivation:

thicken (make thick or thicker)

thicken (make viscous or dense)