fine-grained

1. 1.

   consisting of fine particles

   “powdered cellulose”

   “powdery snow”

   “pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”

   Synonymspowderedpowderypulverizedpulverisedsmall-grained

   Similarfine
2. 2.

   dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells

   “close-grained birch”

   “fine-grained rock”

   Synonymsclose-grained

   Similarfine

Questions about fine-grained

What does fine-grained mean?

fine-grained means "consisting of fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fine-grained?

fine-grained has 3 syllables: fine--grai-ned. The stress falls on "fine-".

What is another word for fine-grained?

Close synonyms include powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained. 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 fine-grained a common word?

fine-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.