the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > grain of wood, stone, or metal (12)
The texture of any substance; the arrangement and size of its constituent particles, appearing in an… in wood (cf. sense 15).
The grain of wood or stone.
Subcategories:
— small, within another grain (1)
— running across regular grain (1)
— like that of steel (1)
— of stone in respect of fineness or coarseness (1)
— longitudinal arrangement in wood (2)
— in stone (2)
— in paper (1)
— cut across (1)