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soft-grain

soft-grain adjective: flexible; pliable. Also the alternative form of softgrain.

Adjective

soft-grain (not comparable)

  1. Flexible; pliable.
    • This is a soft-grain gloving leather with considerable stretch without much elasticity.1972, Materials and Technology
    • Knowing what was coming, the soft-grain leather felt even more sensual and unbearably irresistible against her skin.2014, Karen Wiesner, Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series, →ISBN, page 24

Also used as

soft-grain is also the alternative form of softgrain.

Questions about soft-grain

What does soft-grain mean?
Soft-grain means flexible; pliable.
What part of speech is soft-grain?
Soft-grain is an adjective.

Words near soft-grain in the dictionary

  1. soft-dotted
  2. soft-drinkless
  3. soft-float
  4. soft-gamma repeater
  5. soft-gamma repeaters
  6. soft-grain
  7. soft-handed
  8. soft-headed
  9. soft-hearted
  10. soft-heartedly
  11. soft-heartedness

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