Collocations for "grain"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grain" in context.
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grain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a grain of [sand, rice]
- grain to feed the [livestock, cows]
- do not have enough grain in your diet
- need more grain in your diet
- is my favorite [kind, type] of grain
- [stored, processed] grains
- [ship, store] tons of grain
- [harvest, grind, cultivate] grain
- grains of all types
- is a grain from [Peru]
- a few grains of [salt, pepper, gold, gunpowder]
- is not a grain of truth in [it, what he says]
- idiom: take [it] with a grain of salt
- the [wood, leather] grain
- sand the wood with the grain
- the wood's grain is [beautiful, unique]
- a piece of end grain
- idiom: goes against her grain to [spend, make, haggle, buy]
- idiom: might as well go with the grain
- [whole, nine] -grain bread
- a grain elevator
- grain [production, cultivation, yield, export]
- has a [beautiful, unique] grain pattern
- a piece of end-grain wood
'grain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):