COARSE-GRAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coarse-grained mean? 

• COARSE-GRAINED (adjective)
  The adjective COARSE-GRAINED has 2 senses:

1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

2. not having a fine texture

  Familiarity information: COARSE-GRAINED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COARSE-GRAINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Synonyms:

coarse-grained; farinaceous; grainy; granular; granulose; gritty; mealy

Context example:

it left a mealy residue

Similar:

coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not having a fine texture

Synonyms:

coarse-grained; large-grained

Context example:

large-grained sand

Similar:

coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)

 Context examples 

I saw a great yellow face, coarse-grained and greasy, with heavy, double-chin, and two sullen, menacing grey eyes which glared at me from under tufted and sandy brows.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)