granulate
granulate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.
- 2.To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.
- 3.Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface called?
- What is to collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar called?
- What is consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar called?
- What is having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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