NUBBINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

Synonyms:

coarseness; nubbiness; tweediness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

Derivation:

nubby (of textiles; having a rough surface)

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