WAVINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("waviness" is a kind of...):

unevenness; variability (the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity)

Derivation:

wavy (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)

Meaning:

(of hair) a tendency to curl

Synonyms:

curliness; waviness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("waviness" is a kind of...):

curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)

Attribute:

curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)

straight ((of hair) having no waves or curls)

Derivation:

wavy ((of hair) having waves)