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noun
The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: soap manufacture
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noun
A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
present participle and gerund of grain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
a texture like that of wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: woodgraining
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Broader terms: grain
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Across languages
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