doneness noun2 •The extent to which a food has been cooked.Testing the temperature with a candy thermometer is the most accurate way to determine the doneness of a syrup. — 2004 •The property of being finished; completion.You can use a metaphor as a loose form of doneness testing. In one workshop, we used a bull's-eye. I created a poster with a bull's-eye showing concentric circles with the label "100%" in the center. — 2002 formsdonenesses