thick
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Other meanings
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
“I want some planks that are two inches thick.”
Heavy in build; thickset.
“He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.”
Related words
- paper-thick
- come thick and fast
- get through one's thick skull
- in the thick of it
- lay it on thick
- slim-thick
- the thick plottens
- thick and fast
- thick and threefold
- thick as a whale omelette
- thick as champ
- thick-horned nudibranch
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "þicce" (thick, dense).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thick” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.