Preposition: on

• ground: Classic car storage is not exactly thick on the ground, and undercover storage is even more scarce.

Preposition: as

• plank: I think Nikki is quite astute ( bless her ) whereas Glyn appears to me to be as thick as two short planks.

Modifies a noun

• fog: Thick fog lay way down in the valley below.

• layer: The glass may be wrapped in a towel or thick layers of paper tissue.

• slice: Take a large red, juicy tomato and slice into thick slices.

• mist: The weather remained just as miserable, tho, with a worryingly thick mist enveloping the landscape.

• cloud: Where does he live, and why does he only ever appear at night or in thick cloud?

• coat: Where there is excess cold, the tongue has a thick white coat.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: The smooth round shafts, slightly thicker in the middle, appear to be productions of the lathe, rather than vegetable stems.

• too: My eyebrows are too thick & close together, my legs too thin.

• fairly: The process is based on a manganese phosphate solution which produces a fairly thick coating.

Used with adjective complement

• grow: The path grew steeper and the snow grew thicker, quite uneven in parts and soon there was hail too.

• become: The coronary arteries may also become thicker, leading to angina.

• seem: Sieve or liquidize, and if it seems too thick, dilute with a little stock or water.

Preposition: of

• fighting: During the game Zoff may appear almost unnoticed, in the thick of the fighting.

• battle: Timothy is in the thick of battle, the middle of the marathon and the hard part of the growing season.

• action: Former FONCY Player of the Year Jason Shackell was in the thick of the action for the first team against Chelsea on Saturday.

• fight: Lang passed Boardman half-way round the first lap; Chisnall, meanwhile, was in the thick of a midfield fight.

Preposition: with

• smoke: I dart into the smoking booth, it's thick with smoke and relieved smokers.

• mud: The floor was thick with mud where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the marshes round their camp.