dense

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dɛns/

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Adjective

Positive dense

Comparative denser

Superlative densest

1. If something is dense the pieces of it are close together, or there is a lot of material in a small space. Dense things are usually heavy and often hard.

   A rock is very dense but a sponge is not dense at all.

   Steel is denser than water, so it sinks.

2. If ideas are dense or a book is dense, a lot of ideas are in a small space.
3. (informal) If a person is dense it is not easy to make that person understand. A dense person is stupid.

Related words

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