What does stringy mean?

Definitions for stringy
ˈstrɪŋ istringy

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stringy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stringy, wiryadjective

    lean and sinewy

  2. fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewableadjective

    (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

  3. ropy, ropey, stringy, threadyadjective

    forming viscous or glutinous threads

  4. stringyadjective

    consisting of or containing string or strings

Wiktionary

  1. stringyadjective

    Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.

    The meat was quite stringy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stringyadjective

    Fibrous; consisting of small threads.

    Etymology: from string.

    A plain Indian fan, made of the small stringy parts of roots spread out in a round flat form. Nehemiah Grew.

ChatGPT

  1. stringy

    Stringy refers to the characteristic of being or resembling long, thin strands or pieces, similar to strings. It is often used to describe the texture of certain foods, materials or substances that can be thin, fibrous, or tough. This term can also be used metaphorically in various contexts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stringyadjective

    consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root

  2. Stringyadjective

    capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stringy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stringy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of stringy in a Sentence

  1. Janet Helm:

    They have lots of stringy roots and big, hard-looking shells on them that people don't know how to peel or prepare, but I've never met a veggie I didn't like, so [the challenge is] getting people out of their culinary rut and into trying new things.

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