0 a substance that is used to make a liquid thicker:
Cornflour can be used as a thickener in sauces.
Chapter 11 is a review of practical methods for thickener design.
Arsenic trisulfide and a thickener were added to the indigo vat.
Grain, either as bread crumbs or flour, was also the most common thickener of soups and stews, alone or in combination with almond milk.
Carboxymethylated starches are used as a wallpaper adhesive, as textile printing thickener, as tablet disintegrants and excipients in the pharmaceutical industry.
It may also be used as a thickener in calico-printing and for fining beer or wine.
Common thickeners include cannellini beans, chickpeas, breadcrumbs or cubed potatoes.
Vegetable gums used as food thickeners include alginin, guar gum, locust bean gum, and xanthan gum.
For acid-sensitive facades such as concrete, strongly alkaline cleaners are used such as sodium hydroxide and thickeners.
