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granulate

/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt//ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/

granulate verb: to segment into tiny grains or particles.

Verb

granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)

  1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
  2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.
    • Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Adjective

UK/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.ət/US/ˈɡɹæn.jul.ət/

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

  1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
  2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

granulate meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

granulate in Urdu

دانے دار بنانا

granulate in Bengali

দানাদার করা, দানায় পরিণত করা

granulate in Kannada

ನುರುಗಿಸು

Examples of granulate in a sentence

  • Geologically, the EG consist of charnockite with minor bands of pyroxin granulate and magnetite quartzite.
  • Top second cocoa layer with granulated sugar and brownulated sugar, compressing each slightly.
  • Dorsally granulated but basitarsi and telotarsi almost smooth.

All 11 example sentences with granulate

Forms of granulate

Verb
third-person singular presentgranulates
present participlegranulating
past participlegranulated
pastgranulated
Adjective
comparativemore granulate
superlativemost granulate

Origin of granulate

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate.

From granule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from granulate

Questions about granulate

What does granulate mean?
Granulate means to segment into tiny grains or particles.
What is granulate in Urdu?
Granulate in Urdu is دانے دار بنانا. See Granulate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is granulate?
Granulate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce granulate?
Granulate is pronounced /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of granulate?
The past tense of granulate is granulated.

Words near granulate in the dictionary

  1. granularized
  2. granularizes
  3. granularizing
  4. granularly
  5. granulary
  6. granulate
  7. granulated
  8. granulated steel
  9. granulated steels
  10. granulated sugar
  11. granulated sugars

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: granulate (page history and authors); granulate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Granulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); granulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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.

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