thick - English word #617

Translation

Wide from one side to the other, like a big book or a tree trunk.

Word origin

From Old English thicce, the common Germanic word for not thin.

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"Thick" tells us the book is wide from front to back.

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Here "thick" describes a coat that is warm and heavy.

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Here "thick" describes walls with a lot between the two sides.

thin

Having only a small distance between its two sides, like a sheet of paper.

wide

Measuring a long way from one side to the other, like a big river or road.

big

Large in size, amount, or importance.

book

A set of printed pages joined together that you read.

hair

The soft threads that grow on your head and on your body.

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