Granular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains.
  • adj. Having a grainy texture.
  • adj. Biology Containing granules: granular cells.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains; as, a granular substance. Grainy. Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of, or resembling, grains.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Composed of, containing, or bearing grains or granules; resembling grains or granules. Also granulose, granulous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having a granular structure like that of chondrites
  • adj. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
  • Equivalent
    harsh    coarse   
    Antonym
    massive   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grainy    graniform    granose    granulose    saccharoid    saccharine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    annular   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crystalline    porous    calcareous    fine-grained    powdery    inorganic    amorphous    brittle    viscous    siliceous