coarse

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//kɔːs//(Received Pronunciation)

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

With a rough texture; not smooth.

Translations:[DE]rau[DE]belegt
adjective
#2

Composed of large particles.

Example: coarse sand
adjective
#3

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

Example: coarse manners
Example: coarse language
adjective
#4

(archaic, of a metal) Unrefined.

adjective
#5

Of inferior quality.

Example: Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.
Example: She detests visiting coarse places.
Translations:[DE]grob

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 107–108:

Graham flour is coarsely granulated wheat meal. No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.

1908, Harry Snyder, Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, New York: Macmillan, section 157, pp. 145-146:

Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.

2012, Paul E. Potter, James Maynard, Wayne A. Pryor, Sedimentology of Shale: Study Guide and Reference Source:

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