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CRISPINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crispiness mean? 

CRISPINESS (noun)
  The noun CRISPINESS has 1 sense:

1. firm but easily brokenplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CRISPINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Firm but easily broken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brittleness; crispiness; crispness

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

breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crispiness"):

flakiness (having or breaking into thin crisp flakes)

Derivation:

crispy (tender and brittle)


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