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What is the noun for wisp?

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wisp
  1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
  2. A whisk, or small broom.
  3. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
  4. An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
  5. (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I caught a wisp of the delicious aroma of freshly baked cookies.”
wispiness
  1. The state of being wispy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They're the solid foil to the wispiness of the season, and will anchor a look immediately.”
      “Mr. Weir's work has a delicacy, gentleness, even wispiness that would seem not well suited to the subject.”
      “I feel the need to de-militarise the topiary and avenue by adding some wispiness in the form of cloudy shrubs and grasses.”
wisps
  1. plural of wisp
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The wind rushed through the holes in the booth, prickling my skin like wisps of memories flooding my quivering brain.”
      “Then, like magpies, they hurry back to their workshop loaded with wisps of lace and coils of steel mesh, strands of silk and ropes of jute.”
      “To get the actor's piecey wisps, use a flat iron and light pomade to shape and prevent flyaways.”
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