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to granulate

to granulate

6 7.1
To make something into small grains like sugar
  • verb
  • /ˈɡræn.jə.leɪt/
translation icon : granular
  • After preprocessing, the sludge is granulated, pelletized, and packaged.

Examples

  • After drying, the powder began to granulate as it absorbed moisture from the air.

  • The chef decided to granulate the spices to enhance their flavor and aroma.

  • Looks like this stuff is pretty brittle and granulated.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • It's a great sweetener; it just doesn't behave the same as granulated sugar does since it doesn't melt, etc.

    Blog text (22)

  • In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, granulated sugar, and nutmeg.

    Blog text (22)

  • I've also got a recipe I'm brewing up for GAPS-legal snickerdoodles—and instead of granulated sugar topping, we'll be using this homemade date sugar instead.

    Blog text (22)

  • To make the chocolate bark, you must granulate the nuts before mixing them in.

Synonyms

to grain
vsto granulate
2 7.9

To break into small hard pieces

is about forming or becoming a texture of small particles rather than separating only
to corn
vsto granulate
9.9

To make something into small hard grains or crystals

is more general and applies to forming small particles across many materials

Antonyms

to consolidate
50 4.7

To join several things into one whole

How Granular

to pulverize
  • US
8 7.4
to granulate
6 7.1
to fragment
39 3.7
to break up
66 2.7

Surface Forms

granulate infinitive
granulated past
granulated past participle
granulating present participle
granulates third person singular

Morphology

granulate = granule (transparent) = granul + ate

The verb 'granulate' is transparently derived from 'granule' with the suffix '-ate' indicating the process of forming into grains.

Etymology

The word granulate comes from the Latin root granum, meaning 'grain'. So to granulate is to break something into many small 'grains' or to become grainy, which is what happens when sugar, plastic, or powders turn into little particles.