verb
- Make thick or thicker.
- usage: "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
- synonyms: inspissate
- Become thick or thicker.
- usage: "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
- synonyms: inspissate
- Make viscous or dense.
- usage: "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
- synonyms: inspissate
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). thicken. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/thicken/definitions/1315926 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "thicken" http://smartdefine.org/thicken/definitions/1315926 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, thicken, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/thicken/definitions/1315926>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "thicken" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/thicken/definitions/1315926> |