grain
grain is a valid 5-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
What does grain mean?
- noun
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- noun
a cereal grass
- noun
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- verb
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- noun
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- noun
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- noun
the smallest possible unit of anything
- verb
thoroughly work in
- verb
form into grains
- verb
become granular
- noun
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- noun
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- noun
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- noun
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- noun
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams