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fine print |
fine spoken |
fine spray |
fine structure |
fine writing |
fine-grained
| fine-leafed
| fine-leaved
| fine-leaved heath
| fine-looking
| fine-textured
fine-grained
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective fine-grained has 2 senses
- fine-grained(s = adj.all) powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained - consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
- fine-grained(s = adj.all) close-grained - dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
CIDE DICTIONARY
fine-grained, adj.
- consisting of fine particles. [WordNet 1.5]
- dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells. [WordNet 1.5]
- involving careful consideration of details and fine distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; as, fine-grained distinctions. [PJC]
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