close-grainedadjective
uk/ˌkləʊsˈɡreɪnd/us/ˌkloʊsˈɡreɪnd/Close-grained stone or wood has a pattern of narrow rings or lines.
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Types of wood
- balsa wood
- bark
- cork
- ebony
- firewood
- jelutong
- lumber
- matchwood
- MDF
- mulga
- oak
- oaken
- pine
- plywood
- rosewood
- three-ply
- wood
- wood pulp
- wooden
- yew
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Examples from literature
- It is reddish, smooth, close-grained, and rather heavy.
- It was, or appeared to be, of ebony, or some such close-grained black wood, and was bound in every direction with flat bands of iron.
- The hard, close-grained timber requires days of hewing and sawing to get it severed.
- The stone of which this was composed was of a whitish cast, close-grained and hard, but not heavy.
- The wood is white, close-grained, tough, and light.