GLOSSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glossiness mean? 

• GLOSSINESS (noun)
  The noun GLOSSINESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being smooth and shiny

  Familiarity information: GLOSSINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOSSINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being smooth and shiny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish

Hypernyms ("glossiness" is a kind of...):

smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)

effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glossiness"):

French polish (the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac)

glaze (a glossy finish on a fabric)

Derivation:

glossy (reflecting light)

glossy ((of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers)