roughness

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Noun

roughness

1. The property of being rough, coarseness.

   The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.

2. (US) Roughage; coarse fodder.
   • 1855, Southern Cultivator (volume 13, page 258)

     With this latter implement, the corn stalk fodder, shucks, oats, hay and other "roughness" may be finely cut up […]

3. (Scotland) Abundance, especially of food.

Translations

• Russian: шерохова́тость
• Spanish: aspereza

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