thickness
To trim to a consistent thickness using a thickness planerTo trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.
» These copybooks are the same thickness.
Эти тетради одинаковой толщины. — odexed
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1 sensesTo trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.
Examples
17 sentencesThese copybooks are the same thickness.
ruЭти тетради одинаковой толщины. — odexed
These personal organizers are different thicknesses.
These plywood beams are of different thicknesses.
The iPad 2 has around 9 millimeters of thickness.
What is the thickness of that novel?
Origin
From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosityFrom Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).
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Forms
thicknesses, thicknessing, thicknessed, thicknessed| Base form | thickness · to thickness |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | thicknesses |
| Present participle | thicknessing |
| Past simple | thicknessed |
| Past participle | thicknessed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle