Coarse

/kɔːs/ · adjective

Meaning

With a rough texture; not smooth..

Definitions by Sense

1. With a rough texture; not smooth.
2. Composed of large particles.
3. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
4. (archaic, of a metal) Unrefined.
5. Of inferior quality.

Example Sentences

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.

coarse sand

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.

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.

coarse manners

coarse language

☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]

The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.

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• coarser
• coarsest

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