"doneness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: donenesses [plural]
Etymology: done + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|done|ness}} done + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} doneness (countable and uncountable, plural donenesses)
  1. The extent to which a food has been cooked. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extent to which a food has been cooked): kypsyysaste (Finnish), kypsyys (Finnish), Garstufe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-doneness-en-noun-NvUCYiqH Disambiguation of 'extent to which a food has been cooked': 97 3
  2. The property of being finished; completion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (property of being finished): valmiusaste (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-doneness-en-noun-tGtDM6dZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'property of being finished': 2 98

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