Definition of grain

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• grain is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• grain is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• grain is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of grain

• the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) (noun)

  Examples

  1. sand of a fine grain
  2. a stone of coarse grain

  Synonyms

  1. texture
• thoroughly work in (verb)

  Examples

  1. His hands were grained with dirt

  Synonyms

  1. ingrain
• form into grains (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. granulate
• become granular (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. granulate
• a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. metric grain
• dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. caryopsis
• foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cereal
  2. food grain
• 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams (noun)
• 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams (noun)
• a cereal grass (noun)

  Examples

  1. wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
• a relatively small granular particle of a substance (noun)

  Examples

  1. a grain of sand
  2. a grain of sugar
• paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood (verb)
• the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric (noun)

  Examples

  1. saw the board across the grain
• the side of leather from which the hair has been removed (noun)
• the smallest possible unit of anything (noun)

  Examples

  1. there was a grain of truth in what he said
  2. he does not have a grain of sense

See definition of grain in Merriam Webster