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Chewy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Needing much chewing: chewy candy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. having a pliable or springy texture when chewed

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (of a consistency) requiring chewing

adj. requiring much chewing

Word Usage

"As much as I tried to get past that by adding red pepper and cheese, I could not avoid the fact that I was eating what can only be described as chewy dough with toppings."

Equivalent

elastic tough

Variant

chewier chewiest

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bluey Dewey Fukui Huey Hughie Louis Sui bluey buoy dewy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

crunchy new-baked flaky sugary gooey doughy crumbly yummy salty eggy