Coarsening

Synonyms for "coarsening" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

coarser cruder debase degrade

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)

deteriorate enlarge granulation grow growth increase

Related words (9)

Noun(9 words)

particle growthripening roughen roughening rougher texturing vulgar vulgarize vulgarizing

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries

alter changedescriptive adjectiveprocessqualitative descriptor

More specific

14 entries

crude qualitycrude tonediffusion driven coarseninggrain growthgrainy texturegrowparticle growthrough textureroughensurface rougheningtexture coarseninguncultured languagevulgar languagevulgarize

Collocations

15 entries

Ostwald ripeningcoarsen graincoarsen particlescoarsen soilcoarsen texturecoarsened surfacecoarsening of grainscoarsening processcoarsening ratecoarsening temperaturecoarsening texturegrain growthparticle coarseningsurface coarseningtexture coarsening

Inflections

5 entries

coarsened coarsenings coarsens coarser coarsest

Derivations

9 entries

coarse coarsely coarsen coarsened coarsener coarseness coarser coarsest recoarsen

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Because the wool is poor quality it is coarsening the fabric.

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