sheerness

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noun

The property of being sheer.

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Sheerness-on-Sea
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Meanings

sheerness1

nounsheerness (countable and uncountable, plural sheernesses)

plural sheernesses

  1. uncountableThe property of being sheer.
  2. countablerareThe result or product of being sheer.

Sheerness2

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).

    Synonyms: Sheerness-on-Sea

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).

Similar
Sheerness-on-Sea
Also see
sheerness-on-sea

Origin

From sheer + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

sheerness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheerness

MLA

“sheerness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheerness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheerness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheerness.

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