crunchiness.

A texture that makes repeated hard crackling sounds when bitten, crushed, or stepped on.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• the crunchiness of a crust
• retain crunchiness

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The recipe preserved the crunchiness of the nuts beneath the soft filling.

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.