crispness.

1. A firm or lightly brittle texture that breaks with a clean crunch or crackle.

2. Sharp, clean definition in an image, shape, or sound.

3. A brisk, clear, controlled manner of speaking or writing.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• the crispness of a leaf
• retain crispness

On the page

The salad lost its crispness after sitting in the warm kitchen.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.