staleness

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staleness
n. lack of freshness, oldness, dryness, moldiness

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Staling
Staling, or "going stale", is a chemical and physical process in bread and other foods that reduces their palatability. Stale bread is dry and leathery.

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staleness

Noun
1. unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
(synonym) triteness
(hypernym) unoriginality
(hyponym) camp
2. having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
(antonym) freshness
(hypernym) oldness
(hyponym) mustiness, must, moldiness
(attribute) stale


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Staleness
(n.)
The quality or state of being stale.
  

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staleness
staleness /'steilnis/
  • danh từ
    • tình trạng cũ; tình trạng ôi, tình trạng chớm thối, tình trạng chớm hỏng (bánh, thịt, trứng...)
      • tính chất cũ rích (tin tức...); sự nhạt nhẽo (câu nói đùa...)
        • tình trạng mụ mẫm (học sinh học nhiều quá)
          • (pháp lý) sự mất hiệu lực

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