chewy

CEFRB1

/ˈt͡ʃuː.i/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Needing to be bitten and chewed for a long time.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Full-bodied and tannic.

Examples

  • I like my cookies chewy rather than crunchy.

  • This chicken is too chewy to have been cooked correctly.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Prone to chewing.

  2. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

  3. Satisfying to solve; novel and free of crosswordese.

More examples

In context

  • I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.

  • a chewy wine

  • 'And you chewed the chimneys off my dolls' house,' said Angela. 'You are a very chewy dog.'

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The caramel candy was extremely blank and stuck to my teeth.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From chew + -y.