woodgrain

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noun

The grain of wood.

Similar
wood grainwoodiness
OriginEnglish grain ← Middle English greyn ← Old French grain →
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Meanings

nounwoodgrain (countable and uncountable, plural woodgrains)

plural woodgrains

  1. countableuncountableThe grain of wood.
  2. countableuncountableThe grained pattern of a wooden surface, especially as on a non-wooden object decorated as to appear wooden.
verbwoodgrain (third-person singular simple present woodgrains, present participle woodgraining, simple past and past participle woodgrained)

present singular third person woodgrains · participle present woodgraining · participle past woodgrained · past woodgrained

  1. transitiveTo texture a surface in imitation of the grain of wood.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountexture produced by the fibers in wood

Similar
wood grainwoodiness
Broader
grain
Also see
woodiness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishwood
  2. Latingrānum
  3. Old Frenchgrain
  4. Middle Englishgreyn
  5. Englishgrain
  6. Englishwoodgrain

From wood + grain.

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APA

woodgrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodgrain

MLA

“woodgrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodgrain. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodgrain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodgrain.

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