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Definition of Coarse

1. Adjective. Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles. "A coarse weave"

2. Adjective. Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. "The vulgar display of the newly rich"

3. Adjective. Of low or inferior quality or value. "Produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

Definition of Coarse

1. a. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Definition of Coarse

1. Adjective. Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture. ¹

2. Adjective. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy; ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coarse

1. rough [adj COARSER, COARSEST] : COARSELY [adv] - See also: rough

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarse

coaptations coapted coapting coapts coaration coarb coarbs coarct coarctate coarctate retina

coarctations coarctectomy coarctotomy coarse (current term) coarse-grained coarse-graining coarse-grainings coarse breast architecture coarse dispersion coarse tremor

coarsely coarsen coarsened coarsener coarseners coarseness coarsenesses coarsening

Literary usage of Coarse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"(a) Quantity of fodder — The extent to which a coarse fodder is digested by our ... (£) Effect of drying — The digestibility of coarse fodders is not ..."

2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1899)
"The coarse structure, Fig. 4, represents crystals heterogeneously ... 4. order, so that a coarse-grained metal may be stronger than one of finer grain. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"The coarse images for this and succeeding cases of long distance (6-10, even 30 meters), are a striking feature. The phenomenon, becomes fainter but ..."

4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"In the United States as in Great Britain, there is among the hard and unrefined masses a love of coarse sensual enjoyment. In the large cities of both ..."

5. Bulletin by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, Marcus Baker, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Geographic Board (1890)
"Limestone, gray and lavender, fine and coarse grained, in layers from two ... Limestone, gray, rather coarse grained, hard 1 8 Total thickness of rock 40 3 ..."

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