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GLUTINOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glutinousness mean? 

GLUTINOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun GLUTINOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of having a viscosity like jellyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GLUTINOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of having a viscosity like jelly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gelatinousness; glutinosity; glutinousness

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

viscosity; viscousness (resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow))

Derivation:

glutinous (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)


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