MEANING
Made up of small, distinct grains or particles.
Use it for
Grain-sized terrain textures and altered snow surfaces.Let the reader perceive separate particles rather than a uniform mass.
Words that belong together
- granular soil
- granular snow
- granular surface
On the page
The snow had become granular under the afternoon sun.
Granular soil sifted between her fingers.
A granular crust covered the old drift.
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Word forms
- Base
- granular
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Describes the arrangement or texture of distinct grains, not whether a material is solid. Granular material may be loose or consolidated. The figurative meaning of finely detailed is not selected here. Comparative: more granular; superlative: most granular. Derived: granularity.
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