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STRAIGHT-GRAINED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straight-grained mean?
• STRAIGHT-GRAINED (adjective)
The adjective STRAIGHT-GRAINED has 1 sense:
1. of timber; having fibers that run in parallel
Familiarity information: STRAIGHT-GRAINED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STRAIGHT-GRAINED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of timber; having fibers that run in parallel
Similar:
even (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with))
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