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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

property go
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

feel, tactile property go
a property perceived by touch

texture go
the feel of a surface or a fabric

roughness, raggedness
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

noun.attribute

8 Subcategories

scaliness go
the property of being scaly
tweediness, coarseness, nubbiness go
looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
knot, slub, burl go
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness go
the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
coarseness, graininess, granularity go
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
shagginess go
roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs
bumpiness go
the texture of a surface that has many bumps
thorniness, prickliness, bristliness, spininess go
the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines