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crispness
crisp C0750500 (krĭsp)adj. crisp·er, crisp·est 1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle: crisp potato chips.2. Pleasingly firm and fresh: crisp carrot and celery sticks.3. a. Bracing; invigorating: crisp mountain air.b. Lively; sprightly: music with a crisp rhythm.4. Conspicuously clean or new: a crisp dollar bill.5. Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp reply.6. Having small curls, waves, or ripples. Used of hair.v. crisped, crisp·ing, crisps v.tr. To make or keep crisp.v.intr. To become or remain crisp.n.1. Something crisp or easily crumbled: The roast was burned to a crisp.2. A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping: apple crisp.3. Chiefly British A potato chip.
[Middle English, curly, from Old English, from Latin crispus; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
crisp′ly adv.crisp′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | crispness - a pleasing firmness and freshness; "crispness of new dollar bills"; "crispness of fresh lettuce"freshness - the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him" | | 2. | crispness - an expressive style that is direct and to the point; "the crispness of his reply"terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style | | 3. | crispness - firm but easily brokenbrittleness, crispinessbreakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressureflakiness - having or breaking into thin crisp flakes |
Translationscrisp (krisp) adjective1. stiff and dry enough to break easily. crisp biscuits. 脆的 脆的2. (of vegetables etc) firm and fresh. a crisp lettuce. 鮮脆的 鲜脆的3. (of manner, speech etc) firm and clear. (言行舉止)乾脆的 干脆的 noun short for potato crisp. ˈcrisply adverb (鮮)脆地，乾脆地 干脆地ˈcrispness noun (鮮)脆，乾脆 脆ˈcrispy adjective 酥脆的 松脆的IdiomsSeecrispEncyclopediaSeeCRISPcrispness
Related to crispness: crispy, crispiestSynonyms for crispnessnoun a pleasing firmness and freshnessRelated Wordsnoun an expressive style that is direct and to the pointRelated Wordsnoun firm but easily brokenSynonymsRelated Words |