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CURLY-GRAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does curly-grained mean? 

CURLY-GRAINED (adjective)
  The adjective CURLY-GRAINED has 1 sense:

1. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallelplay

  Familiarity information: CURLY-GRAINED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CURLY-GRAINED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

Synonyms:

cross-grained; curly-grained; wavy-grained

Similar:

uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)


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