chewy
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- adjective
- /ˈtʃuːi/
:
masticable
- Yeah, it had this very chewy exterior, I would agree.
- chewy texture
- chewy cookies
- soft and chewy
I have a weakness for a chewy cookie.
- I have a weakness for a chewy cookie.
- It's like the least chewy squid I've ever had.
- Very moist, chewy, Can't quite describe the flavour.
- It is this little like chewy thing that is great for teething.
- This one, it's doughy and just so chewy and soft.
- My mom does love a chewy fruit candy, like a little doom Doom.
- I thought they were going to be like chewy in the middle, but they're not.
- The rice cake is so like chewy and mushy, like kind of like a Jelly Bean.
Examples
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The restaurant is known for its soft and chewy bread rolls that are hard to resist.
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The nine-grain whole wheat bread was crumbly, chewy, and delicious, too.
Fiction book (1997) -
I never could wait to get to the chewy middle.
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'Hard on the outside, chewy on the inside.
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But these are so chewy, so delicious.
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What do you mean it's a little chewy?
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My cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, just how I like them.
Blog text (20) -
I'm hungry for something thick and chewy.
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My favorite was the soft, chewy banana jelly wrapped in rice paper.
Fiction book (1994) -
The eggplant is soft but not slippery and has a chewy texture similar to meat.
Blog text (17)
Synonyms
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1.7
Hard to cut and chew, often meat or old bread
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3.7
Tough and hard to chew, like overcooked meat or seafood
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4.4
Tough and full of thin fibers that are hard to chew
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4.1
A soft, dense, slightly chewy texture like thick chocolate candy
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1.9
Soft and easy to chew like a candy
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7.8
Food, especially meat, that has tough parts that are hard to chew
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6.0
Having tough stringy parts that are hard to chew
A soft, sticky texture like chewing gum that stretches without tearing
Having a firm, chewy texture like the tissue inside ears and noses
Antonyms
How Chewy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chewy comes from the verb chew, which means 'to bite and work food with your teeth', plus the small ending -y meaning 'full of' or 'having'. So, chewy describes food that is 'full of chewing' — food that needs a lot of biting and working with your teeth.