GRANULES Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

granules

noun

plural of granule

as in particles

a very small piece is there one granule of truth in that statement?

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Recent Examples of granules One recent class even featured an artist who taught participants how to paint with coffee granules. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Sand-like granules collecting in gutters, curling or missing shingles, brittle or cracking shingles, sagging sections and indoor leaks or ceiling stains are the standard indicators that a roof is failing. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Adding 1 ½ tablespoons of instant coffee granules per 12 servings enhances the chocolate flavor in brownies. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2026 Psyllium is taken by mouth and comes in a variety of forms, including powder, granules, capsules, liquid, and wafer. — Melissa Fiorenza, HEALTH, 11 Sep. 2026 Vortex structures At 416 nanometers, the solar surface is dominated by granules, the convection cells that carry heat from the interior. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 Benefits of Rabbit Repellents Commercial rabbit repellents are easy to apply, either as a ready-to-use spray or as scatterable granules. — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026 Manufacturing process Extrusion-spheronization was used to manufacture uniform high-explosive granules. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

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Noun

Neutrinos bump into other particles only rarely, so scientists build large detectors to improve their odds of catching collisions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Relativistic means travelling at speeds near that of light, with the blazar's central supermassive black hole as the engine that accelerated these particles.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Add the torn basil and process just until incorporated -- there will be flecks of green in the mixture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of flecks

Noun

This internal pressure eventually forces the microstructure to recrystallize on its own, spawning fresh, dramatically finer grains from within.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Its factories receive small grains of refined metal from recyclers in Europe and Asia, sourced from items ranging from medical equipment to old cutlery, said Pandora’s chief sustainability officer Mads Twomey-Madsen.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of grains

Noun

And Widow’s Bay was, of course, very successful at alternating between scary and funny bits.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
In addition, they’re used in experiments searching for dark matter and in systems that read information from superconducting quantum bits, or qubits.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bits

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The 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Henri Kagan of the Universite Paris-Sud, in France, and Kenso Soai of the Tokyo University of Science, in Japan, for their work exploring the fundamental geometry of molecules.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
At the center of the MOF are positively charged metal ions connected by organic linker molecules.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of molecules

Noun

There were taro patches and gardens planted with banana, sweet potato, sugar cane, noni, and more.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The release notes mention patches for a Face ID bug and camera-zooming issues on iPhone 18 Pro models, as well as a fix for an unresponsive screen issue.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of patches

Noun

Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
But his script, co-written with regular collaborator Jack Coulter, is less impressive, welding together story scraps from other, better films to rather turbid, uninvolving effect.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

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