adjective
- Consisting of fine particles.
- usage: "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
- synonyms: powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained
- Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
- usage: "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
- synonyms: close-grained
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