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View synonyms for close-grained

close-grained

[ klohs-greynd ]

adjective

  1. (of wood) fine in texture or having inconspicuous annual rings.


close-grained

/ ˌkləʊsˈɡreɪnd /

adjective

  1. (of wood) dense or compact in texture


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Word History and Origins

Origin of close-grained1

First recorded in 1745–55

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Example Sentences

Edith Wharton, of course, writes in such a startlingly sharp and close-grained way about how people live.

Close-grained grey and yellowish-grey granite, with brown mica.

The wood of apple trees is hard, close-grained and often richly colored, and is suitable for turning or cabinet work.

They were made of ivory, stone, or some close-grained wood, and had the sides numbered from one to six.

A man upon whom continuous sunshine falls is like the earth in August: he becomes parched and dry and hard and close-grained.

He took from a niche a small piece of close-grained marble, about a foot square, and laid it before me.

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