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soft-grain en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of softgrain.
    alt of softgrain
    • I sank my teeth into the soft-grain bread and groaned. 2015, Natasha Boyd, Deep Blue Eternity, →ISBN:
    • Introduce new foods in stages: for example, if switching to wholemeal bread, try a soft-grain white bread first. 2015, Carolyn Meggitt, Tina Bruce, CACHE Level 3: Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator), →ISBN:
    • folic acid: It is often added to breakfast cereals and soft-grain white bread as a FOOD SUPPLEMENT. 2003, David Worthington, Dictionary of Environmental Health, →ISBN:
  2. (not-comparable, of leather) Flexible; pliable.
    • Soft-grain leather with contrast stitching on Portfolio and XKR models. 2016, Nigel Thorley, Jaguar - All the Cars (4th Edition), →ISBN, page 303:
    • Knowing what was coming, the soft-grain leather felt even more sensual and unbearably irresistible against her skin. 2014, Karen Wiesner, Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series, →ISBN, page 24:
    • This is a soft-grain gloving leather with considerable stretch without much elasticity. 1972, Materials and Technology: