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Graining

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
  2. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.
  3. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
  4. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
  5. The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Equivalents

Deutschmaserieren
العربيةالتحبيب
1 more languages
Suomiootraus

Examples

mark the edges of the rest with a graining

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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