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close-grained

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close-grained (klsgrnd)
adj.
Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
close-grained [ˌkləʊsˈgreɪnd]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (of wood) dense or compact in texture
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Adj.1.close-grained - dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
fine-grained
fine - of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
Translations
close-grained [ˌkləʊsˈgreɪnd] ADJ [wood] → tupido


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That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar instrument,--a brown, close-grained stick, with a stone head like a hammer, rudely lashed on with coarse twine.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Wegg was a knotty man, and a close-grained, with a face carved out of very hard material, that had just as much play of expression as a watchman's rattle.
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