roughness

«roughness» in Mova's school dictionary: how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (roughness; no plural)

meaning for a pupil

The roughness of something is how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of smoothness. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a test by touch: someone feels a cloth to see if there is any rough place; in lessons it names a quality you can feel

examples

• She ran her hand over the cloth and found no roughness. tree →
• The roughness of the bark scratched my hand. tree →
• Sand paper has more roughness than silk. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «roughness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.