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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Coarse

What is the meaning of 'coarse' in the following sentence:

'The wheat is coarsely grounded.'
  

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This means that the wheat has been ground to grind >> meaning to make something into small pieces or powder by pressing between hard surfaces Wheat would normally be ground in a mill. The wheat has not been ground to a powder or very small pieces but coarsely. Coarse - an adjective meaning- rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces

  • This means that the wheat has been ground to grind >> meaning to make something into small pieces or powder by pressing between hard surfaces Wheat would normally be ground in a mill.
  • The wheat has not been ground to a powder or very small pieces but coarsely.
  • Coarse - an adjective meaning- rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces
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This means that the wheat has been ground

to grind >> meaning to make something into small pieces or powder by pressing between hard surfaces

Wheat would normally be ground in a mill.

The wheat has not been ground to a powder or very small pieces but coarsely.

Coarse - an adje

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