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CRISPINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Firm but easily broken

Synonyms:

brittleness; crispiness; crispness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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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