English Explanatory Dictionary

granular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
  2. Grainy.
  3. Refined or precise.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ En-us-granular.oga

Word forms

granular more granular most granular

Etymology

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.

Synonyms

granulous corpuscular globular grainy granular granulary granuliform granulose particulate

Antonyms

fluidic gaseous nondusty nongrainy nongranular nonparticulate nonpowdery unfloury ungrainy ungritty unmealy unpowdery

Related words

coarse-grained fine-grained grain granulate granulation granule crumbly insubstantial coarse fine

Derived words

agranular dysgranular equigranular extragranular fibrogranular granular cell tumor granular cheese granularisation granularise granularity granularization granularize granularly hypergranular infragranular intergranular intragranular juxtagranular macrogranular mesogranular microgranular monogranular multigranular nanogranular nongranular perigranular polygranular pregranular reticulogranular semigranular subgranular supergranular supragranular transgranular
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