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| aba |
a coarse felted fabric of goat or camel hair. [1/2 definitions] |
| amaranth |
a plant having coarse leaves and bearing purple, green, or red clusters of small flowers, often grown as a food crop. [1/3 definitions] |
| bengaline |
a heavy, corded fabric with crosswise ribs of coarse silk, wool, or synthetics, woven with wool or cotton. |
| blowzy |
coarse and ruddy-faced. [1/2 definitions] |
| bracken |
a large, coarse fern. [1/2 definitions] |
| brake3 |
any of various large coarse ferns, esp. bracken. |
| cheesecloth |
a coarse, open-textured cloth of lightweight cotton, used for straining foods. |
| Cheviot |
(l.c.) a woolen fabric of a coarse twill weave, usu. used for coats and suits. [1/2 definitions] |
| coarse-grained |
having a rough or coarse texture. [1/2 definitions] |
| coarsen |
to become or cause to be coarse. |
| cocklebur |
a coarse composite plant with rough, prickly burs, usu. considered a weed. [1/2 definitions] |
| cornflakes |
a commercially prepared breakfast cereal made of small toasted flakes of coarse cornmeal, usu. eaten in milk. |
| cornmeal |
a coarse meal ground from corn. |
| crab grass |
any of several wild, coarse grasses that easily root, spread, and displace other plants and grasses, esp. in cultivated lawns. |
| dungaree |
a heavy, coarse cotton fabric, usu. blue; denim. [1/3 definitions] |
| earthy |
unrefined, coarse, or sexually suggestive. [1/3 definitions] |
| frock |
a coarse, long robe with large sleeves, worn by monks; habit. [1/4 definitions] |
| granite |
a coarse-grained igneous rock usu. composed of silica-rich minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and small amounts of mica or amphibole, commonly used for building, sculpture, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| grass cloth |
a coarse cloth made of plant fibers such as jute or hemp, used for table linens or as a textured wall covering. |
| grit |
a coarse-grained sandstone used to make grindstones. [1/7 definitions] |
| grout |
a coarse mortar used to fill in the crevices between tiles or in masonry or stonework. [1/2 definitions] |
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