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UK
/kˈɔːs/
]
[ US /ˈkɔɹs/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɹs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
a coarse weave
coarse sand
coarse meal -
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
an untutored and uncouth human being
appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
behavior that branded him as common
behavior that branded him as common
the vulgar display of the newly rich -
of low or inferior quality or value
produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
of what coarse metal ye are molded
How To Use coarse In A Sentence
- The bird's silky down began to coarsen and fray, and its beak began to harden and grow. Old Egg
- This is a small holopid with rounded whorls, deep sutures and a body whorl bearing coarse collabral threads.
- Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
- Most soils are dominated by quartz sand, and are acidic, xeric, and have a very limited nutrient supply; they are coarser, drier, less fertile, and less suited to agriculture than the mesic soils of Ecoregion 84d. Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)
- Talking to locals on the fishery there is no shortage of coarse fishing in the area.
- Besides grating cheese, my wife likes the coarseness for grating zucchini and carrots for baking.
- The hair of coastal wolves also appears to be coarser and better at shedding water, perhaps to cope with the heavy rainfall on the west coast.
- The homemade charcuterie offers a sampling of the old-school artisan updates this kitchen is capable of, from the coarsely-ground cervelat salami with pistachios and garlic to the clove-scented pâté. Philly.com - Latest Videos
- We exploit the cavity-model theory as the coarse model and electric magnetic simulation software HFSS as the fine model, they are aligned through Aggressive Space Mapping Algorithm.
- As coarse as Nancie's harn sark, -- three threads out o 'the pound. The Proverbs of Scotland