to use cornstarch as thickening for a sauce.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
thick-coming — thickˈ comˈing adjective (Shakespeare) Coming close upon one another • • • Main Entry: ↑thick … Useful english dictionary
blub´ber|ing|ly — blub|ber «BLUHB uhr», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. the fat of whales and some other sea animals. Blubber lies under the skin and over the muscles. The oil obtained from whale blubber was formerly burned in lamps. 2. excess fat on the body. 3.… … Useful english dictionary
coam|ing — «KOH mihng», noun. 1. a raised edge around a hatch or opening in a deck of a ship or roof to prevent water from running down below: »He swung his thick legs clumsily over the hatch coaming and stood up dizzily, clinging for support to the… … Useful english dictionary
sem|i|dry|ing — «SEHM ee DRY ihng», adjective. partly drying; becoming very thick but not hard: »Cottonseed, corn, and sesame oils are of the semidrying type … Useful english dictionary
box·ing — /ˈbɑːksıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the sport of fighting someone with your hands while wearing very thick gloves often used before another noun a boxing glove a boxing match the heavyweight boxing champion of the world … Useful english dictionary
thickener — thick|en|er [ˈθıkənə, ˈθıknə US ər] n also thick|en|ing [ˈθıkənıŋ,ˈθıknıŋ] [U and C] a substance used to thicken a liquid … Dictionary of contemporary English
thickening — thick•en•ing [[t]ˈθɪk ə nɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of making or becoming thick 2) a thickened part or area; swelling 3) something used to thicken; thickener • Etymology: 1570–80 … From formal English to slang
Thickening — Thick en*ing, n. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thickener — also thick.en.ing noun (C, U) a substance used to thicken a liquid … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
England — /ing gleuhnd/ or, often, / leuhnd/, n. the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 45,870,062; 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Cap.: London. * * * I Southern part of the island… … Universalium
