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Process sugar, perhaps
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granulate
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, back-formation from granulation . Related: Granulated ; granulating .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. form into grains [syn: grain ] become granular [syn: grain ] form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
granulate \gran"u*late\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granulated (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Granule .] To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular. 2 Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen. v 1 (context transitive English) To segment into tiny grains or particles. 2 (context intransitive English) To collect or be formed ...
Usage examples of granulate.
The mountains were bigger and grander than ever, as they stood there thinking their solemn thoughts with their heads in the drifting clouds, but the villages at their feet--when the painstaking eye could trace them up and find them--were so reduced, almost invisible, and lay so flat against the ground, that the exactest simile I can devise is to compare them to ant-deposits of granulated dirt overshadowed by the huge bulk of a cathedral.
Admittedly the taste of castor oil would have neutralized even arsenic's bitterness, but the clarity of the mixture would have betrayed the presence of a granulated poison.
Hard sauce should be made with confectioners' sugar - but Aunt Carole had taught me how to crush and crush and keep on crushing granulated sugar, using a big spoon and a bowl, to achieve a fair imitation of powdered sugar.
I saw Sarah Wilson in the store the other day buying some granulated sugar, when brown is cheaper and would do equally as well.
His eyes whipped the counter top, saw nothing but an open box of granulated sugar.
Who was spooning granulated sugar out of a bowl and complaining about the quality of it between mouthfuls.
A spoonful of granulated sugar lay in a small mound on top of the hunk.
The cakes were made of lard and flour, without any baking-powder or flavoring, and the tops were sprinkled thick with granulated sugar.
Keller drove off and found a supermarket, where he purchased a one-pound box of granulated sugar and a funnel.
And if they wanted cereal to go along with it, they had Frosted Sugar Whatevers with whole milk, and a couple heaping teaspoons of granulated sugar on top of that.
As he did so, he scooped up a handful of packets of granulated sugar.
I could see the ingredients for a baking project laid out on the counter: two sticks of butter with the paper removed, a sixteen-ounce measuring cup filled with granulated sugar, a tin of baking powder, and a quart container of whole milk.
Another inventor, Major Uchatius, an Austrian engineer, granulates crude iron while in a molten state by pouring it into water, and then subjecting it to the process of conversion.
The sound was vibrant, accompanied by liquid echoes, and soon it was joined by the sound of another hammer, maybe a block away, a thick ripple to each granulating blow, probably Bond Street.
The doctor incised the edges of the granulating surface and then led the granulations on by what is known in the medical profession as the 'sponge graft.