stringier
Tougher to chew
Stringier is the comparative form of stringy—more fibrous, more thread-like, or more stretched into long thin strands.
Meat can be stringier than expected, making it tough to chew.
Hair becomes stringier when greasy or wet.
Melted cheese pulls into stringier threads the longer you stretch it.
Lean yet muscular
- tendonMuscle-to-bone connector
- muscleContractile body tissue
- celeryEdible ribbed stalks
- rhubarbTart red cooking stalks
mango · leek · asparagus · meat · collagen · ligament · connective · gristle
Resisting easy biting
- gummySticky and soft
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- rubberyElastic and resilient
- ropyForming glutinous threads
stretchy · tacky · sticky · gooey · viscous · gelatinous · squishy · doughy
sinewy
Lean yet muscular
rhubarb · mango · leek · asparagus · meat · collagen · ligament · connective · gristle · filament
chewy
Resisting easy biting
ropy · stretchy · tacky · sticky · gooey · viscous · gelatinous · squishy · doughy · glutinous
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
tangled · matted · disheveled · straggling · sparse · thin · lank · ragged · messy · unruly
gluey
Tending to stick
mucilaginous · gummy · pasty · clingy · cohesive · bonding · webby · sappy · resinous · syrupy
- stringing alongProlonged romantic deception
- stringing togetherLinking elements sequentially
- stringing upSuspending from above
stringing, stringiness, unstringing, stringiest, restringing