grain
noun
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
grainer
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a word derived from
grain.
Example Sentences
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For a perfect vacuum the brine is boiled at less than 100° F., while in an open pan or grainer it requires 226° to boil brine.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
When they become larger, they drop to the bottom of the grainer.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
Well, I'm a real painter: grainer, finisher, thirty-eight bob a week when I can get it.
From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw
Crystals form much better if the water is perfectly smooth, and to bring this about a very little oil is poured into the grainer.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
Painter and grainer it were vain To say he was, before; And if he were, yet ne'er again He'll darken here a door.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
