granulate /(grăn"ū̇*lāt)/

gran·u·late

granulate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Granulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating

  1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.
  2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

Granulate

v. i.
  1. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

Granulate

a.
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
  2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.

Phrases & Compounds

Granulated steel
a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.