thickening

nouns

any material used to thicken

"starch is used in cooking as a thickening"

thickener, thickening

any thickened enlargement

knob, node, thickening

the act of thickening

inspissation, thickening

is derived from

is derived from

accumulating and becoming more intense

"the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"

deepening, thickening

becoming more intricate or complex

"a thickening plot"

thickening

is similar to

complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

"a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"