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# freshness

noun (freshness, uncountable)

«freshness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Freshness is being newly made, picked or caught, so food is not old or stale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#m1)
2. Freshness is also clean, cool, pleasant air or a smell like clean washing or mint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#m2)
3. Freshness can mean newness and originality, like the freshness of a new idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#m3)
4. It can mean feeling lively and rested, not tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking, shopping and science lessons it helps judge food (check the date and smell); in adverts it describes soaps and toothpastes. Phrases: «keep freshness», «the freshness of the morning», «sealed for freshness».

### Examples

- The bread lost its freshness after two days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x1)
- The bag is sealed to keep in the freshness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x2)
- I love the freshness of the air after rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x3)
- You can test an egg's freshness by putting it in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x4)
- The freshness of the strawberries made them taste sweet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x5)
- Mint gives the toothpaste a feeling of freshness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x6)
- The judges liked the freshness of her story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x7)
- Morning freshness filled the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x8)
- Everything looked beautiful, in the freshness of early spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: «freshness», not «a freshness» usually, and no plural. Made from fresh + ness. Do not confuse with «fresh» in UK slang (cheeky) or US slang (cool).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «freshness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freshness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«freshness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/freshness.html) on Mova free.