soft-grain

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soft-grain (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of softgrain
    • 2003, David Worthington, Dictionary of Environmental Health, →ISBN:
      folic acid: It is often added to breakfast cereals and soft-grain white bread as a FOOD SUPPLEMENT.
    • 2015, Natasha Boyd, Deep Blue Eternity, →ISBN:
      I sank my teeth into the soft-grain bread and groaned.
    • 2015, Carolyn Meggitt, Tina Bruce, CACHE Level 3: Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator), →ISBN:
      Introduce new foods in stages: for example, if switching to wholemeal bread, try a soft-grain white bread first.
  2. (of leather) Flexible; pliable.
    • 1972, Materials and Technology:
      This is a soft-grain gloving leather with considerable stretch without much elasticity.
    • 2014, Karen Wiesner, Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series, →ISBN, page 24:
      Knowing what was coming, the soft-grain leather felt even more sensual and unbearably irresistible against her skin.
    • 2016, Nigel Thorley, Jaguar - All the Cars (4th Edition), →ISBN, page 303:
      Soft-grain leather with contrast stitching on Portfolio and XKR models.

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