Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
close-grained is an adjective meaning "dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells". It carries one recorded sense.
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
“close-grained birch”
“fine-grained rock”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for close-grained come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.