GRAIN


Meaning of GRAIN in English

n. 25B6; noun

the local farmers grow grain : CEREAL, cereal crops. See list at cereal .

a grain of corn : KERNEL, seed, grist.

grains of sand : GRANULE, particle, speck, mote, mite; bit, piece; scrap, crumb, fragment, morsel.

a grain of truth : TRACE, hint, tinge, suggestion, shadow; bit, soupçon; scintilla, ounce, iota, jot, whit, scrap, shred; informal smidgen, smidge, tad.

the grain of the timber : TEXTURE, surface, finish; weave, pattern.

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