- denseIPA[dens]
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1. closely compacted in substance:
dense volcanic rock swirling, dense smokeSynonym : thick, heavy, opaque, soupy, murky, smoggy, impenetrable, concentrated, condensed, of high density2. having the constituent parts crowded closely together:
an estuary dense with marine lifeSynonym : close-packed, closely packed, tightly packed, closely set, thick, packed, crowded, crammed, jammed together, compressed, compacted, compact, solid, tight, overgrown, jungle-like, jungly, impenetrable, impassable, thickset3. (of a person) stupid:
Am I being dense? I don't quite understandSynonym : stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, brainless, mindless, foolish, slow, slow-witted, dull-witted, witless, doltish, blockish, dunce-like, simpleminded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, halfwitted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, obtuse, bovine, lumpish, gullible, naive, thick, dim, dumb, dopey, dippy, dozy, cretinous, as thick as two short planks, thickheaded, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, fat-headed, thick-skulled, muttonheaded, boneheaded, lamebrained, birdbrained, peabrained, pig-ignorant, slow on the uptake, soft in the head, brain-dead, dead from the neck up, daft, not the full shilling, dof, dotish, dumb-ass4. (of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas:
a dark, dense novel
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closely compacted in substance:having the constituent parts crowded closely together:
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(of food) having a high calorie content in relation to its weight:(of fuel or a battery) storing a large amount of energy in relation to its volume:
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(of biological specimens) allowing the passage of few electrons, and so appearing dark in electron micrographs.
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(of food) having a high vitamin and mineral content in relation to its weight:
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(of food) having a high calorie content in relation to its weight:(of fuel or a battery) storing a large amount of energy in relation to its volume:
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(of food) having a high vitamin and mineral content in relation to its weight: