coarse-grained

1. 1.

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

   “granular sugar”

   “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”

   “it left a mealy residue”

   Synonymsfarinaceousgrainygranulargranulosegrittymealy

   Similarcoarse
2. 2.

   not having a fine texture

   “coarse-grained wood”

   “large-grained sand”

   Synonymslarge-grained

   Similarcoarse

Questions about coarse-grained

What does coarse-grained mean?

coarse-grained means "composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coarse-grained?

coarse-grained has 4 syllables: coar-se--grai-ned. The stress falls on "se-".

What is another word for coarse-grained?

Close synonyms include farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coarse-grained a common word?

coarse-grained is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.