coarse
IPA: kˈɔrs
adjective
- With a rough texture; not smooth.
- Composed of large particles.
- Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
- (archaic, of a metal) Unrefined.
- Of inferior quality.
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Examples of "coarse" in Sentences
- Baize is a coarse woollen cloth.
- The silts of the soil are coarse.
- The wool is coarse and is of carpet type.
- The drainage network is coarse and incised.
- The stone consists of grey and coarse granite.
- He is the opposite of Dame Edna, uncouth and coarse.
- The beach is very narrow and the sand is very coarse.
- If the language was coarse and unseemly as a result, tough.
- 'Vulgarity' is the quality of being common, coarse or unrefined.
- The coarse equivalence class of this space is an invariant of the group.