"thinner" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈθɪnɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thinner.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: thĭnʹər Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ) Etymology: thin + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thin|er}} thin + -er Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} thinner
  1. comparative form of thin: more thin Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: thin (extra: more thin)
    Sense id: en-thinner-en-adj-JcNhRu6r

Noun

IPA: /ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈθɪnɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thinner.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thinners [plural]
enPR: thĭnʹər Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ) Etymology: thin + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thin|er}} thin + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} thinner (plural thinners)
  1. A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid. Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (liquid): разредител (razreditel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 天拿水 (tiānnáshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ředidlo [neuter] (Czech), ohennin (Finnish), ohenne (Finnish), Verdünnungsmittel [masculine] (German), Verdünner [masculine] (German), Verdünnung [feminine] (German), pengencer (Indonesian), シンナー (shinnā) (Japanese), раствори́тель (rastvorítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), tiner (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-thinner-en-noun-BKQfVXOV Disambiguation of Liquids: 6 85 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 58 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 83 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 4 68 28 Disambiguation of 'liquid': 100 0
  2. Something that thins. Translations (something that thins): разредител (razreditel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ohennin (Finnish), ohentaja (Finnish), ohennusaine (Finnish), harvennin (Finnish), harventaja (Finnish), Verdünner [masculine] (German), разбави́тель (razbavítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), разжижи́тель (razžižítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), раствори́тель (rastvorítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-thinner-en-noun--1vn42sN Disambiguation of 'something that thins': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blood thinner, paint thinner

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разбави́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razžižítelʹ",
      "sense": "something that thins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разжижи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastvorítelʹ",
      "sense": "something that thins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раствори́тель"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thinner"
}

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