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CRISPINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crispiness mean?
• CRISPINESS (noun)
The noun CRISPINESS has 1 sense:
1. firm but easily broken
Familiarity information: CRISPINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Firm but easily broken
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brittleness; crispiness; crispness
Hypernyms ("crispiness" is a kind of...):
breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crispiness"):
flakiness (having or breaking into thin crisp flakes)
Derivation:
crispy (tender and brittle)
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