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STRETCHINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stretchiness mean?
• STRETCHINESS (noun)
The noun STRETCHINESS has 1 sense:
1. the capacity for being stretched
Familiarity information: STRETCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capacity for being stretched
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
stretch; stretchability; stretchiness
Hypernyms ("stretchiness" is a kind of...):
elasticity; snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)
Derivation:
stretchy (capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape)
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