The Collaborative International Dictionary
close-grained
close-grained \close-grained\ adj. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn: fine-grained.
WordNet
close-grained
adj. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "fine-grained birch" [syn: fine-grained]
Usage examples of "close-grained".
I need you to get me pumice stones, the fine white close-grained pumice--ground to the same shapes to match the rasps and files, and a good supply of powdered pumice, too.