Definitions for fine-grained

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Spelling: [fahyn-greynd]
IPA: /ˈfaɪnˈgreɪnd/

Fine-Grained is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 563 anagrams from letters in fine-grained (-adeefgiinnr).

Definitions for fine-grained

adjective

  1. being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
  2. Photography. fine-grain.

Origin of fine-grained

First recorded in 1530-40

Examples for fine-grained

The wood is fine-grained and makes a most beautiful interior finish.

Their flesh is fine-grained, crisp, firm, or fine and delicate.

Most of them are of tufa covered with stucco; the rest are of fine-grained limestone.

Flesh reddish-orange, fine-grained, mild, and well flavored.

The skin is fine-grained, not woolly but fine-haired, like a deer.

Choose a fine-grained leg of wether mutton, of twelve or fourteen pounds weight; cut it ham shape, and let it hang two days.

Ebony is hard and fine-grained, like ivory, and it takes a high polish.

At best, the artist gives us a fine-grained picture of her subjects, a picture that allows us to see them aright.

An' they're too fine-grained to scratch other folks the wrong way.

The wood is very heavy, hard, fine-grained, and is nearly black.

Word Value for fine-grained
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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