granular
granular
Definition
granu·lar (gran′yə lər)
gran′u·lar′·ity (--ler′ə tē) noun
gran′u·larly adverb
granular
Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- fine: It is available as colorless, translucent crystals or as a white, granular to fine granular crystalline powder.
Modifies a noun
- fertilizer: Supplied complete with a cartridge of multi purpose slow release granular fertilizer ( sufficient for approx.
- fertilizer: Use a top dressing of granular fertilizer in Spring, followed by a liquid feed once week during the main growing season.
- tumor: AB - A case of granular cell tumor of the major salivary glands is presented.
- powder: DETAILS On the afternoon of February 2, 2004, Senate staff observed gray granular powder on an automated mail opening system.
- soil: For granular soils, a motor on the back of the roller is used to rotate an eccentric mass causing the roller to vibrate.
- texture: They have a granular texture of pebbles, sands or clays.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: It's internal workings are encapsulated -- it does not expose highly granular control of its process.
- very: The New York Post sample is very granular, by comparison.
- finely: Immunoreactivity within these neurons was diffuse, and finely granular or punctate.
- extremely: Because it's extremely granular, you can set and enforce different policies for any user or class of users.
- slightly: It looks soft but is perhaps slightly granular, like cotton candy.
- rather: Fruitbodies 5-9 cm, black with the flattened head ( 2-2.5 cm ) clearly delimited and with a grooved, rather granular surface.
Used with adjective complement
- go: Each batch of chocolate began to ' seize ' and go granular.
Browse dictionary entries near granular
- grantsmanship
- grantor trust
- grantor
- granting clause
- grantee
- granted
- grant-in-aid
- grant
- granophyre
- granolith
- granular snow
- granulate
- granulation
- granule
- granulite
- granulocyte
- granuloma
- granulose
- granum
- Granville-Barker
