long-grain

English

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Adjective

long-grain (comparative longer-grain, superlative longest-grain)

  1. (cooking) Of rice, characterized by kernels that are approximately four to five times longer than they are wide.
  2. (carpentry, woodworking) Of woodgrain, where the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piece of wood.
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