What does "granulate" mean?

Granulate: To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.
  2. 3.Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
  3. 4.Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.

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