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moisture

moisture

107 1.0
A small amount of water on or in something that makes it slightly wet
  • noun
  • /ˈmɔɪstʃər/
translation icon : humedad
  • Dry air can cause a loss of moisture, making your skin feel tight.
  • soil moisture
  • moisture content
  • moisture in the air

It replaces the air and keeps moisture out of your Instacast.

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Examples

  • So HA is really great to keep the moisture on your skin.

  • It helps to hold in the moisture to keep your skin looking plump.

  • So it gets whatever moisture we get from the sky.

  • Not a lot of moisture here.

  • You know, moisture in the air.

  • A strong low pressure system passed across New Mexico tonight bringing with it a little moisture that will cool things off a bit.

  • As an added benefit, three homeowners reported that the moisture content in the home was greatly reduced.

    Academic text (1993)
  • So it's not depositing moisture back on your skin as you use it.

  • I need some sort of moisture and and hydration in my face.

  • A heavy dew fell around her, and the moisture clung to her hair.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

damp
vsmoisture
11 1.0

A slight wetness in the air or on surfaces

focuses on very small liquid amounts rather than moderate surface wetness
wetness
vsmoisture
9 1.0

A state of being covered with liquid

limits sense to very small amounts rather than full or heavy liquid coverage
dampness
vsmoisture
8 1.0

Slight wetness in the air or on surfaces that makes them feel cold

means specifically very small liquid amounts rather than general slight wetness
moistness
vsmoisture
1 1.1

A slight wetness on a surface or in the air

is about very small water amounts causing only slight surface wetness

Antonyms

aridity
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Very dry conditions because of little or no rain

Compounds

Excess water or wetness that causes damage in buildings

How Moist

saturation
4 4.7
sogginess
2.9
wetness
9 1.0
moisture
107 1.0
dampness
8 1.0

Surface Forms

moisture singular
moistures plural

Morphology

moisture = moist (transparent) = moist + ure

The noun 'moisture' is transparently derived from the adjective 'moist' with the suffix '-ure' indicating a state or condition.

Etymology

Moisture comes from the old word moist, which means 'slightly wet' and arrived in English through French and Latin words for dampness. So, moisture is the small amount of water that makes something 'slightly wet'.