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Granulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To form into grains or granules.

v. To make rough and grainy.

verb-intransitive. To become granular or grainy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to segment into tiny grains or particles

adj. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.

adj. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To form into grains or small masses.

v. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

verb-intransitive. To collect or be formed into grains.

adj. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.

adj. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To form into grains: as, to granulate powder or sugar.

To raise in granules; make rough on the surface.

To become formed into grains; become granular.

Same as granulated or granular.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. form granulating tissue

v. become granular

v. form into grains

Word Usage

"Dry air conveyance to a just-in-time feeding unit, which minimizes the quantities of material present on the injection molding machine, is used to prevent remoistening of the dried granulate, which is an important asset especially in tropical regions."

Equivalent

granulated

Verb Form

granulated granulates granulating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Cross Reference

grain

Form

granulated granulating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

granular