thickness

[ thik-nis ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being thick.
2. the measure of the smallest dimension of a solid figure:

   a board of two-inch thickness.

3. the thick part or body of something:

   the thickness of the leg.

4. a layer, stratum, or ply:

   three thicknesses of cloth.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring (a piece, as a board) to a uniform thickness.

thickness

/ ˈθɪknɪs /

noun

1. the state or quality of being thick
2. the dimension through an object, as opposed to length or width
3. a layer of something
4. a thick part

Word History and Origins

Origin of thickness¹

before 900; Middle English thiknesse, Old English thicnes. See thick, -ness

Related Words

• consistency
• density
• diameter
• dimension
• girth
• layer
• sheet
• width