coarse-grained

Speech parts

1. coarse-grained - Adjective

2. coarse-grained - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

coarse grained

Synonyms

granular gritty grainy mealy farinaceous granulose large-grained sandy common animal gaudy tawdry broken rank broad
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Antonyms

certain specific actual distinct specified concrete
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Related terms

coarse-graining

Examples

You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is no longer around. But there are other versions of it in other people's brains. It's a less detailed copy, it's coarse-grained. Douglas Hofstadter

coarse-grained wood Source: Internet

large-grained sand Source: Internet

granular sugar Source: Internet

the photographs were grainy and indistinct Source: Internet

it left a mealy residue Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coarse word coarse-fiber coarse-furred coarse-grained gravel coarse-grained rock coarse-grained sandstone