🇬🇧🇪🇸 coarse - grueso : English Lesson

Meaning of "coarse" ("grueso"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Coarse means rough and scratchy to touch, not soft or smooth, like sandpaper, a cat’s tongue, or a sidewalk compared to a fluffy pillow.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The coarse towel at the pool dried me fast but also tried to exfoliate me into a skeleton.

I made a bed out of coarse hay, and now my pajamas are suing me for cruelty.

The scarecrow’s coarse straw hands were perfect for scaring crows and terrible for giving hugs.

Mom bought coarse salt, and it’s so chunky it looks like tiny icebergs in my soup.

I petted the porcupine’s coarse quills once; now I high-five him from across the room.

On the beach, Tom held a coarse shell. Its coarse edge caught his finger like sandpaper. He ran his palm over a coarse rope and laughed when the stray cat licked his hand with a coarse, sandpaper tongue. He shrugged, wiped his hand on coarse jeans, and smiled — the rough day felt oddly complete.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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