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DAMPNESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dampness mean?

• DAMPNESS (noun)
The noun DAMPNESS has 1 sense:

1. a slight wetness

Familiarity information: DAMPNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DAMPNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A slight wetness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

damp; dampness; moistness

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

wetness (the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dampness"):

clamminess; dankness (unpleasant wetness)

rawness (a chilly dampness)

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