<span class="searchmatch">thick</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span> (not comparable) (dated, idiomatic) In quick succession, or in great numbers. c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt...
thrissome; see also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">threefold</span> (triple): ternary, trine; see also Thesaurus:triple <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span> <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span> law three times as great triple...
block <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span> <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> around the middle <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as a brick <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as a plank <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as a whale omelette <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as champ <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as mince <span class="searchmatch">thick</span> as pig...
From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span>”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”). IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/...
that during last five decades world food production has increased almost <span class="searchmatch">threefold</span>, population has increased at such a rate in less developed countries that...