granulate
granulate Lexical Profile
granulate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To form into or reduce to small grains or crystals.
"The refinery uses specialized rotary dryers to granulate the raw sugar before packaging."
To develop small, grain-like projections of new tissue and capillaries on the surface of a healing wound or ulcer (in medicine).
"The surgeon was pleased to see that the deep incision had begun to granulate healthily."
To roughen the surface of a material or decorate metalwork with tiny grains of gold or silver.
"Ancient Etruscan goldsmiths developed intricate techniques to granulate fine jewelry with microscopic spheres of gold."
• adjective
Having a roughened surface covered with small grain-like projections or bumps, especially in botany and zoology.
"The biologist identified the beetle species by the finely granulate texture of its wing covers."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Entered English in the mid-17th century from French granuler or Modern Latin granulatus, derived from Late Latin granulum ('small grain'), a diminutive of Latin granum ('grain, seed').