ripeness
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- noun
- /ˈraɪp.nəs/
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- But while ethylene carries fruit and other produce to the peak of ripeness, it quickly pushes them on to excess softening or decay.
- at peak ripeness
So handpicking at ripe at peak ripeness is takes time.
- So handpicking at ripe at peak ripeness is takes time.
- So it's not it, it, it's, it wasn't harvested at peak ripeness.
Examples
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On a less elevated note, there are dozens of songs about the sense of ripeness and bounty that comes with harvest time, and the way it envelops the people in it.
Academic text (2002) -
The blossom has a ripeness all its own.
Fiction book (2000) -
So it's like all the different stages of ripeness all in one.
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Fruit that has reached full ripeness in the last several decades.
Blog text (8) -
I had imagined ordering them according to ripeness when they arrived.
Fiction book (2002) -
I pick tomatoes heavy with ripeness from the Hamiltons' garden for my dinner.
Fiction book (1996) -
But the long, cool ripening resulted in better ripeness and acid balance.
Blog text (22) -
The big, heavy globes were still yellowish, not quite the ruby red of ripeness, and they were more tart than he liked.
Fiction book (1991) -
Coffee cherries have to be picked during a three to four day period of peak ripeness, but all the cherries on a tree don't ripen at the same time.
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The amount of time needed will depend on the size and ripeness of the pears.
Antonyms
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ripeness comes from the simple word ripe ('fully ready') and the verb ripen ('to become ready'). So ripeness is the state of being 'ready to eat' or 'ready to use', like fruit left in the sun until it reaches the best taste.