thin - English word #618

Translation

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

Word origin

From Old English thynne, the common Germanic word for not thick.

slices.

"Thin" tells us each slice is not wide.

pond .

Here "thin" describes ice with little between its two sides.

.

Here "thin" describes a narrow, fine line.

thick

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

small

Little in size or amount, not big.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

paper

The thin flat material you write or print on; also a newspaper or a piece of writing.

line

A long thin mark, or a row of people or things one behind the other.

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