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STEAMINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does steaminess mean?
• STEAMINESS (noun)
The noun STEAMINESS has 1 sense:
1. cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
Familiarity information: STEAMINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
haziness; mistiness; steaminess; vaporousness; vapourousness
Hypernyms ("steaminess" is a kind of...):
cloudiness; muddiness; murkiness (the quality of being cloudy)
Derivation:
steamy (filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist)
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