All close-grained synonyms

adj close-grained

• solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
• tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
• tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• sturdy — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• unyielding — unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
• rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
• stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
• compact — Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
• firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
• short — having little length; not long.
• crowded — If a place is crowded, it is full of people.
• confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
• restricted — confined; limited.
• confined — If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
• thick — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
• congested — A congested road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
• consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
• circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
• concentrated — A concentrated liquid has been increased in strength by having water removed from it.
• condensed — A condensed book, explanation, or piece of information has been made shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
• concrete — Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water.
• hardened — made or become hard or harder.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
• solidified — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
• compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
• congealed — Simple past tense and past participle of congeal.
• jelled — to congeal; become jellylike in consistency.
• impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
• impermeable — not permeable; impassable.
• substantial — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
• jam-packed — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
• dense — Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
• impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
• inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
• fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
• nonporous — full of pores.
• nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.