Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close-grained

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
close--grained
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of material, especially wood or stone, having a dense, compact structure featuring fine texture and narrow growth rings or small cells.

Etymology

From close + grained.

Inflected Forms

more close-grained (comparative) most close-grained (superlative)

Phrases

close-grainedness

Synonyms

fine-grained

Questions

What does close-grained mean?
Of material, especially wood or stone, having a dense, compact structure featuring fine texture and narrow growth rings or small cells.
Where does close-grained come from?
From close + grained.

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