Associations to the word «Thinness»

Wiktionary

THINNESS, noun. The state of being thin.

Dictionary definition

THINNESS, noun. Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope".
THINNESS, noun. The property of having little body fat.
THINNESS, noun. The property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair".
THINNESS, noun. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
THINNESS, noun. A consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats