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long grain

long grain is the alternative form of long-grain.

Meaning of long-grain

Adjective

long-grain (comparative longer-grain, superlative longest-grain)

  1. Of rice, characterized by kernels that are approximately four to five times longer than they are wide.
    Antonyms:
    short-grain
  2. Of woodgrain, where the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piece of wood.

Forms of long grain

comparativelonger grain
superlativelongest grain

Questions about long grain

What is long grain the alternative form of?
Long grain is the alternative form of long-grain.

Words near long grain in the dictionary

  1. long fuses
  2. long game
  3. long games
  4. long ghost
  5. long ghosts
  6. long grain
  7. long grasser
  8. long grassers
  9. long gray line
  10. long green
  11. long gross

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