What does stringy mean?
Definitions for stringy
ˈstrɪŋ istringy
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Princeton's WordNet
stringy, wiryadjective
lean and sinewy
fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewableadjective
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
ropy, ropey, stringy, threadyadjective
forming viscous or glutinous threads
stringyadjective
consisting of or containing string or strings
Wiktionary
stringyadjective
Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.
The meat was quite stringy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Stringyadjective
consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root
Stringyadjective
capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stringy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stringy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stringy in a Sentence
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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- llinynllydWelsh
- fädigGerman
- filandreuxFrench
- fibrosoPortuguese
- волокнистыйRussian
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