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BRAWNINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brawniness mean? 

BRAWNINESS (noun)
  The noun BRAWNINESS has 1 sense:

1. possessing muscular strengthplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRAWNINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing muscular strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew

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

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Derivation:

brawny ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful)


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