thickadjective
uk/θɪk/us/θɪk/thick adjective (NOT THIN)
B1 having a large distance between two sides:
a thick rope
a thick layer of dust
She picked up a thick volume and began to read out loud.
The walls are two metres thick.
a thick (= made of thick material) sweater/coat
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- The roof of the temple was held up by a row of thick stone columns.
- The flood left a thick deposit of mud over the entire ground floor of the house.
- A thick layer of clay lies over the sandstone.
- A thick mantle of snow lay on the ground.
- The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.
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Measurements of length & distance
- breadth
- cm
- footer
- ft
- head
- inch
- kilometre
- km
- meter
- metre
- micrometre
- micron
- mile
- mm
- mpg
- nanometre
- range
- scalar
- sq
- yd
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Wide and thick
thick adjective (CLOSE TOGETHER)
B1 growing close together and in large amounts:
thick forest
thick, dark hair
B2 difficult to see through:
Thick, black smoke was pouring out of the chimney.
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- Even as a tiny baby, she had a thick head of hair.
- The animal's thick fur provides very good insulation against the arctic cold.
- A coil of thick blue smoke rose up from his pipe.
- The planet Venus is enshrouded in thick clouds.
- Outside, the fog was thick and impenetrable.
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Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heavily
- heaviness
- heavy
- hefty
- ponderous
- sludgy
- thicken
- thickness
- unwieldy
- weight
- weighty
- wiry
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Opaque
thick adjective (NOT FLOWING)
(of a liquid) not flowing easily:
thick soup
a thick sauce
thick paint
Opposite
thin
runny
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Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heavily
- heaviness
- heavy
- hefty
- ponderous
- sludgy
- thicken
- thickness
- unwieldy
- weight
- weighty
- wiry
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thick adjective (STUPID)
UK informal stupid:
I told you not to touch that - are you deaf or just thick?
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- witless
- wrongheaded
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thickly
adverb uk/ˈθɪk.li/us/ˈθɪk.li/
Idiom(s)
be (as) thick as thieves
(as) thick as two short planks
thick and fast
thick on the ground