What does granular mean?

granular 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 granular?

granular has 3 syllables: gran-u-lar. The stress falls on "gran". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹænjəlɚ/.

What is another word for granular?

Close synonyms include farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, 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 granular a common word?

granular 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.

granular — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsfarinaceous coarse-grained grainy granulose gritty mealy
Similarcoarse
2.
having a granular structure like that of chondrites
Synonymschondritic

Questions about granular

What does granular mean?: granular 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 granular?: granular has 3 syllables: gran-u-lar. The stress falls on "gran". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹænjəlɚ/.
What is another word for granular?: Close synonyms include farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, 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 granular a common word?: granular 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for granular come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsfarinaceous coarse-grained grainy granulose gritty mealy
Similarcoarse
2.
having a granular structure like that of chondrites
Synonymschondritic

Questions about granular

What does granular mean?: granular 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 granular?: granular has 3 syllables: gran-u-lar. The stress falls on "gran". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹænjəlɚ/.
What is another word for granular?: Close synonyms include farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, 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 granular a common word?: granular 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.

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