graining
Britishnoun
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the pattern or texture of the grain of wood, leather, etc
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the process of painting, printing, staining, etc, a surface in imitation of a grain
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a surface produced by such a process
Example Sentences
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More importantly, in a race expected to be dominated by tyre graining, Ferrari’s tyre wear has looked if anything better than Red Bull’s this weekend.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Howard Jerome, 83, makes about $1,300 a month through a combination of social security and pension from a calcium graining plant where he was a foreman.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2018
Nohnan Lounsberry of Wilmington, for instance, received an 1873 patent for improving a machine for “pebbling and graining wet skins.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016
“There was significant graining, scratches and fading, all the things you’d expect from television footage dating back nearly half a century.”
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2014
The danger in graining comes when the grain is embossed by means of a plate, which is heated and pressed on the skin.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
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