"thickener" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: thickeners [plural]
Etymology: thicken + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thicken|er}} thicken + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} thickener (plural thickeners)
  1. That which thickens.
    Sense id: en-thickener-en-noun-VYcmPZWZ
  2. Any substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent; a binder. Translations (thickening agent): zahušťovadlo [neuter] (Czech), sakeutusaine (Finnish), sakeute (Finnish), épaississant [masculine] (French), Verdickungsmittel [neuter] (German), Bindemittel [neuter] (German), Geliermittel [neuter] (German), Gelbildner [masculine] (German), Dickungsmittel [neuter] (German), қоюландырғыш (qoülandyrğyş) (Kazakh), zagęstnik [masculine] (Polish), zagęszczacz [masculine] (Polish), загусти́тель (zagustítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), gelémedel (Swedish), bindemedel (Swedish), tewychydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-thickener-en-noun-U1pHCJLe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'thickening agent': 13 87

Inflected forms

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