adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of fine particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: coarse-grained
Broader terms: grained
Standard Lemma guide
fine-grained
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a fine, smooth texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Highly detailed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subtle
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- close-grained birch
- fine-grained rock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: close-grained
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
consisting of fine particles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- powdered cellulose
- powdery snow
- pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From fine + grained.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: ваҡ (vaq) — consisting of fine particles
- Belarusian: дробназярні́сты (drobnazjarnísty) — consisting of fine particles
- Bulgarian: дребнозърнест (drebnozǎrnest) — consisting of fine particles
- Dutch: fijnkorrelig — consisting of fine particles
- German: feinkörnig — consisting of fine particles
- German: kleinkörnig — consisting of fine particles
- Norwegian Bokmål: finkornet — consisting of fine particles
- Polish: drobnoziarnisty — consisting of fine particles
- Portuguese: peneirado — consisting of fine particles
- Portuguese: refinado — consisting of fine particles
- Russian: мелкозерни́стый (melkozernístyj) — consisting of fine particles
- Swedish: finkornig — consisting of fine particles
- Turkish: ince taneli — consisting of fine particles
- Ukrainian: дрібнозерни́стий (dribnozernýstyj) — consisting of fine particles
- German: feinkörnig — having a fine, smooth texture
- Turkish: ince taneli — having a fine, smooth texture
- Bulgarian: детайлен (detajlen) — highly detailed
- Dutch: fijnmazig — highly detailed
- German: detailgenau — highly detailed
- German: detailliert — highly detailed
- Turkish: ayrıntılı — highly detailed
- Turkish: detaylı — highly detailed