crispness

crisp  (krsp)

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. See Synonyms at incisive.

6. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.

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.

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[Middle English, curly, from Old English, from Latin crispus; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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crisply adv.

crispness 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 broken brittleness, crispiness breakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressure flakiness - having or breaking into thin crisp flakes

Translations

crispness [ˈkrɪspnɪs] N

1. (= crunchiness) [of lettuce, salad] → frescura f; [of apple, snow, bacon] → lo crujiente; [of linen] → lo almidonado

2. (= coldness, clarity) [of air] → lo vivificante, lo vigorizante; [of weather] → lo frío y despejado

3. (= sharpness) [of voice, sound, image] → nitidez f

4. (= briskness) [of tone, reply] → sequedad f

crispness [ˈkrɪspnɪs] n [apple, lettuce] → croquant m; [pastry] → croustillant m

crispness

n (of apple, lettuce) → Knackigkeit f, → Festheit f; (of bread, biscuits, bacon) → Knusprigkeit f; (of snow) → Verharschtheit f; (of leaves) → Trockenheit f; (of clothes) → Steifheit f; (of manner, voice, style of writing) → Knappheit f; (of air, weather) → Frische f; (of sound) → Klarheit f; (Sport, of shot) → Sauberkeit f

crispness [ˈkrɪspnɪs] n (of bacon, biscuit, snow) → friabilità; (of linen) → freschezza; (of apple) → sodezza; (of style) → vivacità
I like the crispness of new banknotes → mi piace toccare le banconote nuove di zecca

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crispness [ˈkrɪspnɪs] n (of bacon, biscuit, snow) → friabilità; (of linen) → freschezza; (of apple) → sodezza; (of style) → vivacità
I like the crispness of new banknotes → mi piace toccare le banconote nuove di zecca