granulate
granulate (gran"u*lāt) , transitive verb
[See Granule.]
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 , intransitive verb
To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.
Granulate , adjective
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
2.
Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
Collocations (1)
Granulated steel , a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
Also: Granulated