Grainy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grainy \Grain"y\ (gr[=a]n"[y^]), a.
     Resembling grains; granular.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  grainy
       adj : composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
             "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained},
              {granular}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {mealy}, {sandy}]
       [also: {grainiest}, {grainier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "grainy":
     arenaceous, arenarious, breccial, brecciated, broken, bumpy,
     choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, cross-grained, grained,
     granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty, gross, homespun,
     horripilant, inequal, irregular, jolty, linsey-woolsey, pebbled,
     pebbly, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, rank, ripply, rough,
     rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, ruffled, rutted, rutty,
     sabulous, sandy, shagged, shaggy, shingled, shingly, textured,
     uneven, unkempt, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth,
     ununiform, wimpled