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VINEGARINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vinegariness mean?
• VINEGARINESS (noun)
The noun VINEGARINESS has 1 sense:
1. a sourness resembling that of vinegar
Familiarity information: VINEGARINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sourness resembling that of vinegar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
vinegariness; vinegarishness
Hypernyms ("vinegariness" is a kind of...):
acidity; sour; sourness (the property of being acidic)
Derivation:
vinegary (tasting or smelling like vinegar)
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