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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 jelly
Familiarity information: GLUTINOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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