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coarsener

coarsener noun: that which makes coarse.

Noun

coarsener (plural coarseners)

  1. That which makes coarse.
    • MTV, you pornographer, you segregationist, you imperialist, you coarsener of culture, you aborter of attention spans.2007 September 8, Virginia Heffernan, “Hated, Loved and Second-Guessed, MTV Is Still a Channel About Stars”, in New York Times

Forms of coarsener

pluralcoarseners

Origin of coarsener

From coarsen + -er.

Questions about coarsener

What does coarsener mean?
Coarsener means that which makes coarse.
What part of speech is coarsener?
Coarsener is a noun.
What is the plural of coarsener?
The plural of coarsener is coarseners.

Words near coarsener in the dictionary

  1. Coarsegold
  2. coarsehanded
  3. coarsely
  4. coarsen
  5. coarsened
  6. coarsener
  7. coarseners
  8. coarseness
  9. coarsenesses
  10. coarsening
  11. coarsenings

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