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Coarse-grained   /kɔrs-greɪnd/   Listen
Coarse-grained

adjective
1.
Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.  Synonyms: farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy.  "The photographs were grainy and indistinct" , "It left a mealy residue"
2.
Not having a fine texture.  Synonym: large-grained.  "Large-grained sand"






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"Coarse-grained" Quotes from Famous Books



... that to the second chamber, were ornamented with delicate ice crystals, which occurred both on the limestone stalactites and on the walls, and presented almost the appearance of plants of cauliflower. The ice-floor of the first chamber is described as consisting of a 'coarse-grained' material. ...
— Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne

... gleam of hope and, as it turned out, no appetite for breakfast. Seated at table, he proved infectiously depressing and gloomily silent. On the way to the Underground, Sandy Larcher, who happened to be in exuberant spirits, noticed his cousin's grave face and chaffed him about Cossie. (Sandy, a coarse-grained creature, knew no reserves, did not profess to be a gentleman, and had never heard of ...
— The Road to Mandalay - A Tale of Burma • B. M. Croker

... Harry, as he accepted the proffered hand, and Jack followed his example. Nevertheless Fletcher's demand had produced an unpleasant effect upon him. The coarse-grained selfishness of the man had shown through his outward varnish of good-fellowship, and he felt that henceforth he ...
— In A New World - or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia • Horatio Alger

... missive into his private sitting-room and carefully examined it, back and front, before slitting it open. The envelope was of the cheapest kind, the big splotch of red wax at the flap had been pressed into flatness by the summary method of forcing a coarse-grained thumb upon it; the address was inscribed in ill-formed characters only too evidently made with difficulty by a bad pen, which seemed to have been dipped into watery ink at every third or fourth letter. And ...
— Scarhaven Keep • J. S. Fletcher

... minute detail, and which lacks a proper contrast of surface, or, for the same reason, work which is too generally bald and smooth, rarely exhibit a good surface texture. Again, work which is overlabored, or where delicate details have been attempted on a coarse-grained wood, or finally, work which, although done with success in the matter of mechanical dexterity, is deficient in feeling for its woody possibilities, are all likely to fail in the ...
— Wood-Carving - Design and Workmanship • George Jack


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