Dictionary Entry
hardness
hardness is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
- 2noun
The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
- 3noun
The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
- 4noun
excessive sternness
"severity of character"
"the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
- 5noun
the quality of being difficult to do
"he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"
"the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
Synonyms
- 6noun
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
- 7noun
a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
"the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
- 8noun
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
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