5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
adjective permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
adjective hard to pass through because of dense growth
adjective having high relative density or specific gravity
originFrom Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)).
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