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RIPENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ripeness mean?
• RIPENESS (noun)
The noun RIPENESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being ripe
Familiarity information: RIPENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being ripe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ripeness" is a kind of...):
matureness; maturity (state of being mature; full development)
Antonym:
greenness (the state of not being ripe)
Derivation:
ripe (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)
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