Phrase Hound found 101 phrases and 59 compound words that contain thin. The most common are listed below. Open thin in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 101
- thin filmA layer of material deposited on a substrate as a coating of one atom or one molecule in thickness.
- thick and thinBoth thickets and thin woodland; all obstacles in a path (including bad weather).
- thin airAn unknown location; (by extension) apparent disappearance or nonexistence.
- thin filmsplural of thin film: A layer of material deposited on a substrate as a coating of one atom or one molecule in thickness.
- thin clientA minimal client that relies on the server to do most of its processing.
- Thin layer
- thin clientsplural of thin client: A minimal client that relies on the server to do most of its processing.
- paper-thinVery thin, such as the quality of paper.
- thin outTo make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
- out of thin airFrom nowhere or nothing; from a non-existent or unknown source.
- thin sectionA thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy.
- thin spaceA metal block used to separate words, one fifth of an em in width.
- into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.
- wear thinTo lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse.
- through thick and thinThrough all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers.
- thin-film transistorA form of transistor manufactured by depositing layers of semiconductor, dielectric and metal on a substrate
- thin sliceA minimal amount of information or experience used to make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing.
- thin blue lineThe police.
- on thin iceIn a dangerous, hazardous, or delicate situation; at risk.
- thin-layer chromatographyA form of chromatography in which the solid phase is silica gel or a similar inert material supported on a glass plate.
- Thin Red LineThe members of the 93rd Regiment of the British Army who met the charge of the Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.
- thin-skinnedOverly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.
- thin computingAn approach to computing based around the use of thin clients.
- thin sectionsplural of thin section: A thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy.
- pencil-thinSomewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin.
Compound words 59
- thinlyIn a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
- thinnessThe state or quality of being thin.
- thinnet10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using a thin coaxial cable
- thinspirationMaterial provided as an inspiration to stay thin or lose weight.
- thinsplainTo explain to a fat person (as a thin person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.
- thincoatA type of coating that is applied by spraying, as opposed to one that must be applied with a trowel.
- microthinmicroscopically thin
- overthinTo make too thin.
- prethinTo thin in advance.
- semithinsomewhat thin