granulate
Make into granules
To granulate is to form or break into small grains or particles.
Sugar is granulated for everyday use; tissue granulates as wounds heal.
The adjective granular describes things composed of or resembling grains: granular sugar, granular data.
Granulation is the process or its result—the grainy texture of healing skin or processed material.
Rough with particles
- coarseRough in texture
- grittyCoarse or courageous
- powderyReduced to fine particles
- friableReadily reduced to fragments
crumbly · particulate · sandy · rough · speckled · milled · ground · dusty
Unprocessed manufacturing input
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- extrusionPushing through a die
- agglomerateCollected into dense mass
- spheresRound solids, all points equidistant
beads · capsules · fertilizer · urea · sintering · molding · balling · pellet
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- saltSodium chloride compound
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
seed · lattice · formation · grow · structure · molecule · bonding · facet
Processing grain mechanically
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- pulverizingBreaking into particles
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- atomizationReduction to fine particles
powdering · sifting · sieving · fragmentation · shredding · mechanical · agitation · tumbling
grainy
Rough with particles
friable · crumbly · particulate · sandy · rough · speckled · milled · ground · dusty · flaky
feedstock
Unprocessed manufacturing input
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- extrusionPushing through a die
- agglomerateCollected into dense mass
spheres · beads · capsules · fertilizer · urea · sintering · molding · balling · pellet · tablet
sugar
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- saltSodium chloride compound
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
precipitation · seed · lattice · formation · grow · structure · molecule · bonding · facet · geometry
milling
Processing grain mechanically
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- pulverizingBreaking into particles
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
atomization · powdering · sifting · sieving · fragmentation · shredding · mechanical · agitation · tumbling · wet
sandpaper
Abrasive-coated finishing material
scrub · rasp · scour · file · grindstone · corundum · carborundum · sander · grit · polish
- pollenpollen, pollen grains, bee pollen, grass pollen, tree pollen
- texturing techniquesemboss, roughen, smooth, stipple, etch
granulateconsolidate
Unite separate things
fuse · agglomerate · amalgamate · unify · coalesce
- granulated sugarRefined crystalline sweetening agent
- granular detailsSmall specific facts
granular, granulated, granularity, granulation, granulating, granulates