steepness
steepness · steepnesses
крутизна
The state or quality of being steepThe state or quality of being steep.
US/stˈipnəs/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being steep.
The steepness of the hill caused the accident.
крутизна́krutizná
the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
(countable)The result or product of being steep.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
state or quality of being steep:
Forms
plural: steepnesses| Singular | steepness |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the property possessed by a slope that is very steep:abruptnessprecipitousness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsteep
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.