granule
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- noun
- /ˈɡrænjul/
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gránulo
- What I'm going to do is to sprinkle some calcium granules into this water.
- secretory granules
- granule cells
- dense granules
And it's very salty because in a teaspoon of table salt, you have much more salt because of how small the granules are.
- And it's very salty because in a teaspoon of table salt, you have much more salt because of how small the granules are.
- Two different kinds of cheese, Salt and pepper, black beans and some onion granules.
- I also picked up they had a lot of sachets of like bath powder or like bath granules, which we don't really have here in our like drug stores.
Examples
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The chef carefully sieved the flour, hoping to remove every last granule before baking.
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Peter drank the water, tasting the tiny sugar granules scratch across his teeth and tongue.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think it has something to do with the granule size.
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This is black powder with metal granules added to it.
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I'm going to start the next batch going by returning these granules to my jar.
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The active drug is contained in small granules packed in a gelatin capsule.
Academic text (2011) -
Keef is first chopped into fine granules and slowly added to melted butter and chocolate over a low heat.
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And so when you start on the left, you have these starch granules surrounded by protein strands that are basically inert until you add the water.
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After grinding the spices, I noticed tiny granules of salt scattered on the countertop.
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For this recipe, you need to add two tablespoons of sugar granules to the mixture.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very small hard piece of something like salt or sand
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8.2
A very small speck of dust or dirt
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9.9
A tiny round object like a small ball
A very small piece like a grain of dust
A tiny speck of dust or dirt
Compounds
- Specialized
A small structure in a cell nucleus made of DNA and protein that becomes chromosomes during cell division
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Granule comes from the Latin granum meaning 'grain' and the little ending -ule meaning 'small', so it literally means a 'small grain'. That's why a granule is a tiny particle, like a small piece of sand, sugar, or salt.