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Word entry · 4 letters

thin

Best crossword clue

"Slim or narrow"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɪn/Part of speech verb, adverb, adjectiveSorted hintStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Not thick, narrow, slight, or having little substance.

Word origin

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).

Used in a sentence

  • thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
  • Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.
  • thin wire; thin string

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Slim or narrow4 letters
02Not thick4 letters

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