granular as an adjective: - 1
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granular
adjective
1 granular
Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency:
— Granular sugar.
synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy.
Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Roget 330:
powdery,
pulverulent†,
granular,
mealy,
floury,
farinaceous,
branny†,
furfuraceous†,
flocculent,
dusty,
sandy,
sabulous†,
psammous†;
arenose†,
arenarious†,
arenaceous†;
gritty,
efflorescent,
impalpable;
lentiginous†,
lepidote†,
sabuline†;
sporaceous†,
sporous†.
pulverizable;
friable,
crumbly,
shivery;
pulverized
etc.
v.;
attrite†;
in pieces.
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Polish: ziarnowy, ziarnisty
2 granular
Having a granular structure like that of chondrites.
synonym: chondritic.
Moby thesaurus: arenaceous, arenarious, atomic, breccial, brecciated, coarse, coarse-grained, comminuted, corpuscular, cross-grained, embryonic, evanescent, germinal, grained, grainy, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty, gross, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, microcosmic, microscopic, molecular, pebbled, pebbly, rough, sabulous, sandy, shingled, shingly, subatomic, tenuous, thin, ultramicroscopic, unrefined, unseeable ... show more.
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