adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coarse/vulgar expression (= one that is rude )
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He came out with some vulgar expressions that I couldn’t possibly repeat.
coarse fishing
coarse (= consisting of thick and large pieces )
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The only vegetation was a few bushes and patches of coarse grass.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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On the 36in. and 32in. screens the zoomed format made the pictures look very coarse .
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Since they have very coarse fur and stout claws, badger hygiene tends to be an extremely noisy affair.
■ NOUN
fish
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The hook type do not work in the soft silt of most coarse fish waters.
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It was caught in the coarse fish closed season and did not qualify for record status.
grain
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By convention the geologist plots coarse grains to the left of the abscissa and fine to the right.
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The texture is mainly determined by the proportion of coarse grains-the clastics-as well as their size and shape.
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Blend a little cooking juice with two tablespoons each black treacle and tomato purée and one tablespoon of coarse grain mustard.
grass
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Conversion to grassland also explains much of the loss of healthy shrubs, coarse grasses , cotton grass and rushes.
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There was no food but coarse grass and even the grass was mixed with bitter rushes and docks.
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He wanted to idle along the embankments and see the flowers growing in the coarse grass .
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They came out of the wood into a bare field where coarse grass lapped limply around their ankles.
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It was sewn with coarse grass and carefully mended with leather patches stitched on with the same coarse grass.
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The only vegetation was scrubby trees and patches of coarse grass .
hair
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I felt its coarse hairs prickle my neck ... Smell of wet earth ... My belly writhed.
sand
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It will grow well in plain aquarium coarse sand or fine gravel.
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In Breckland there is coarse sand which is very porous and poor for crops.
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Some clay with coarse sand or gravel can be provided in the tank.
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Cultivation: A layer of peat and gravel, or leaf-mould and coarse sand or loam should provide a good medium.
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However, if cracks do appear, you should try brushing a mixture of peat or compost and coarse sand into them.
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Likewise, further groupings such as percentage of coarse sand or of very fine sand may also be calculated.
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Cultivation: A medium of coarse sand or fine gravel on its own, or with some loam is sufficient.
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Nevertheless a mixture containing coarse sand and bulb fibre or peat moss should be quite satisfactory.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
smooth-textured/coarse-textured/fine-textured etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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coarse sand
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A coarse cloth was made from the local wool.
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All the hospital beds were covered with coarse cotton sheets.
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Her straight hair, once dark brown, was becoming grey and coarse .
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Several comedians have been criticized for their coarse humor.
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She tried to ignore his coarse jokes and crude innuendoes -- he was obviously drunk.
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The fisherman's skin was dark and coarse , his hands big and strong.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But such coarse mutilation would not have fitted in with the polite way in which Perrault wished to retell his story.
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Conversion to grassland also explains much of the loss of healthy shrubs, coarse grasses, cotton grass and rushes.
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One grade coarser is twice the size of its predecessor and one grade finer is half the size.
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She touched it; it was dry and coarse to her touch.
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She was emptying the contents of a stone mortar, a tobacco-colored crush of leaves, on to a scrap of coarse paper.
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Slice off the coarse top and the bottom tip of the carrot with a paring knife and discard.
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The former are usually coarse grained; the latter, fine grained or glassy.