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SCRATCHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scratchiness mean? 

SCRATCHINESS (noun)
  The noun SCRATCHINESS has 1 sense:

1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRATCHINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

abrasiveness; harshness; scratchiness

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

raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Derivation:

scratchy (causing abrasion)


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