close-grained
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of close-grained
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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It is based largely on a close-grained analysis of masses of sea surface and air temperature data collected over the century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
The wood they found was dense and close-grained, unlike the spongy grain of the younger, forced-growth trees that are planted today.
From Time Magazine Archive
In twelve books she has tried both to give a close-grained structure of regional manners and to trace the doings of the English merchant class from its ferment under Cromwell to its troubles under Attlee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cut a twig of any hickory tree, and you realize that the wood is close-grained and very springy.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
"Rosemary pine" was heavy, hard, close-grained, with a thin rim of soft sap-wood.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
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