granular

/ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)//ˈɡɹæn.jə.lɚ/

granular adjective: consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.

Adjective

granular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular)

Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
- a granular substance
Grainy.
- It has a granular structure
- This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ſeveral yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It conſiſts of an inner part of a granular and ſomewhat porous texture...1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80
(transferred sense) Refined or precise.
- This should allow for a more granular degree of control

granular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

granular in Hindi

दानेदार, ग्रैनुलर, दाणेदार

granular in Tamil

பேரன், சிறுமணியுருவான, மணியுருவமுள்ள

granular in Marathi

granular: रवाळ ravāḷ

granular in Urdu

دانے دار

More languagesFewer languages

granular in Bengali: গ্রানুলার, গ্র্যানুলার
granular in Telugu: గ్రాన్యులర్, గ్రాన్యులార్
granular in Malayalam: തരിപോലുള്ള, ധാന്യമണിപോലുള്ള, തരിതരിയായ, കണാകാരമായ
granular in Kannada: ಕಾಳುಕಾಳಾಗಿರುವ, ಹರಳಾದ, ಕಣಗೂಡಿದ
granular in Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰੈਨੂਲਰ, ਦਾਣੇਦਾਰ, ਗ੍ਰੈਨੁਲਰ
granular in Gujarati: દાણાદાર, ગ્રાન્યુલર, ગ્રેન્યુલર
granular in Odia: ଗ୍ରାନୁଲାର, ଗ୍ରାନୁଲାର୍
granular in Nepali: ग्रान्युलर, ग्रानुलर, ग्र्यानुलर

Examples of granular in a sentence

To use granular calcium chloride, put it on a nonrusting screen supported in an enameledware container.
We would like to suggest the purely descriptive term "granular polydendrocyte" instead.
If bouillie bourguignonne be made hot, the resulting carbonate of copper is granular and crystalline.

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Forms of granular

comparative	more granular
superlative	most granular

Origin of granular

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.

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Questions about granular

What does granular mean?: Granular means consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
What is granular in Hindi?: Granular in Hindi is दानेदार, ग्रैनुलर, दाणेदार. See Granular meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is granular?: Granular is an adjective.
How do you pronounce granular?: Granular is pronounced /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ (UK).

Words near granular in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: granular (page history and authors); granular (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रवाळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); granular (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); granular (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); granular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); granular (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); granular (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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