coarse
adjective/kɔːs/
/kɔːrs/
(comparative coarser, superlative coarsest)
- (of skin or cloth) rough
- coarse hands/linen
Homophones coarse | coursecoarse course/kɔːs//kɔːrs/- coarse adjective
- He wore a coarse woollen cloak.
- course noun
- She did a course in economics.
Extra Examples- She looked at the boy's coarse hands and heavy boots.
- The monks wore coarse linen habits.
- consisting of relatively large pieces
- coarse sand/salt/hair
Extra Examples- The dog was a great staghound with long coarse hair.
- The coarse sand produces soils which are very free-draining.
- rude and offensive, especially about sex synonym vulgar
- coarse manners/laughter
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ordinary or inferior’): origin uncertain; until the 17th cent. identical in spelling with course, and possibly derived from the latter in the sense ‘ordinary manner’.
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