Granulated

4 definitions found

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

  granulate \gran"u*late\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Granulated} (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Granulating} (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See {Granule}.]
     1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate
        powder, sugar, or metal.
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     2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on
        the surface.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Granulate \Gran"u*late\, Granulated \Gran"u*la`ted\, a.
     1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in
        grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
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     2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
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     {Granulated steel}, a variety of steel made by a particular
        process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  granulated
       adj : made grainy or formed into granules; "granulated sugar"

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

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "granulated":
     arenaceous, arenarious, backed, breccial, brecciated, broken,
     bumpy, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, choppy,
     coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, cross-grained, crusted, crusty,
     crystallized, fossilized, grained, grainy, granular, granulate,
     gravelly, gritty, gross, hardened, homespun, hornified,
     horripilant, incrusted, indurate, indurated, inequal, irregular,
     jolty, lapidified, linsey-woolsey, ossified, pebbled, pebbly,
     petrified, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, rank, reinforced,
     rigidified, ripply, rough, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn,
     ruffled, rutted, rutty, sabulous, sandy, sclerotic, set, shagged,
     shaggy, shingled, shingly, solidified, steeled, stiffened,
     strengthened, textured, toughened, uneven, unkempt, unlevel,
     unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth, ununiform, vitrified, wimpled