freshness
part of speech
noun (freshness, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Freshness is being newly made, picked or caught, so food is not old or stale. tree →
2) Freshness is also clean, cool, pleasant air or a smell like clean washing or mint. tree →
3) Freshness can mean newness and originality, like the freshness of a new idea. tree →
4) It can mean feeling lively and rested, not tired. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking, shopping and science lessons it helps judge food (check the date and smell); in adverts it describes soaps and toothpastes. Phrases: «keep freshness», «the freshness of the morning», «sealed for freshness».
examples
- The bread lost its freshness after two days. tree →
- The bag is sealed to keep in the freshness. tree →
- I love the freshness of the air after rain. tree →
- You can test an egg's freshness by putting it in water. tree →
- The freshness of the strawberries made them taste sweet. tree →
- Mint gives the toothpaste a feeling of freshness. tree →
- The judges liked the freshness of her story. tree →
- Morning freshness filled the garden. tree →
- Everything looked beautiful, in the freshness of early spring. tree →
note
Uncountable: «freshness», not «a freshness» usually, and no plural. Made from fresh + ness. Do not confuse with «fresh» in UK slang (cheeky) or US slang (cool).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «freshness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.