grain

the seeds of plants such as wheat, rice, or corn that are grown for food

grano, cereal

• a grain crop

Collocations wheat grain · rice grain

• The farmers are harvesting their wheat grain.

  Los granjeros están cosechando su grano de trigo.

a small hard particle, especially of sand or salt

granos, partículas

• fine grain

Collocations salt grain · sand grain

• The sand was made up of very fine grains.

  La arena estaba compuesta por granos muy finos.

the quality or appearance of a surface, especially the way it feels when touched

textura, grano

• a grainy texture

Collocations grainy surface · grainy material

• The photograph had a very grainy texture.

  La fotografía tenía una textura muy granulada.

the pattern of lines in wood that show the direction and age of the tree rings

grano, trama de la madera

• a grain pattern

Collocations wood grain · tree grain

• The wood has a beautiful grain pattern.

  La madera tiene un hermoso grano.

a small piece of rock or mineral, especially one that is found in the ground and can be used to make things

piedra, mineral

• mineral grain

Collocations gold grain · silver grain

• The miners found gold grains in the river.

  Los mineros encontraron granos de oro en el río.

a small piece of paint that is part of a painting or picture, especially one that has been applied with a brush to make the surface look rough and uneven

pincelada, grano de pintura

• paint grain

Collocations oil paint grain · acrylic paint grain

• The artist used thick paint grains to create texture.

  El artista utilizó gruesas pinceladas de pintura para crear textura.

the smallest unit of information that can be stored or processed by a computer, usually consisting of one bit (0 or 1)

unidad de información, byte

• data grain

Collocations digital grain · binary grain

• The computer processes data in grains.

  El ordenador procesa datos en unidades de información.

used to refer to a very small amount of something, especially when it is difficult to see or measure

pequeña cantidad, partícula

• a grain of truth

Collocations grain of salt · grain of sand

• There may be a grain of truth in what he says.

  Podría haber un grano de verdad en lo que dice.