Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graining

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: grain-ing
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of grain

noun

The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

Example Sentences

"mark the edges of the rest with a graining"

Usage

Inflected Forms

grainings (plural)

Phrases

coarse-graining

Synonyms

woodgraining

Questions

What does graining mean?: present participle and gerund of grain

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