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sheerness

sheerness noun: the property of being sheer.

Noun

sheerness (countable and uncountable, plural sheernesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being sheer.
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sheer.

Proper noun capitalized: Sheerness

Sheerness

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).

Synonyms of sheerness

Forms of sheerness

pluralsheernesses

Origin of sheerness

From sheer + -ness.

Questions about sheerness

What does sheerness mean?
Sheerness means the property of being sheer.
What part of speech is sheerness?
Sheerness can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sheerness?
The plural of sheerness is sheernesses.

Words near sheerness in the dictionary

  1. sheerish
  2. sheerleg
  3. sheerlegs
  4. sheerly
  5. sheermal
  6. sheerness
  7. Sheerness-on-Sea
  8. sheernesses
  9. sheers
  10. sheerwater
  11. sheerwaters

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