thickening

Meanings

• any material used to thicken
  • "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
• any thickened enlargement
• the act of thickening
• make thick or thicker
• become thick or thicker
• make viscous or dense
• accumulating and becoming more intense
  • "the thickening dusk"
• becoming more intricate or complex
  • "a thickening plot"

Synonyms

deepening, inspissate, inspissation, knob, node, thicken, thickener