Usually means: Rough or harsh in texture.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. coarse: Merriam-Webster
  2. coarse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coarse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coarse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coarse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coarse, coarse: Wordnik
  7. coarse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. coarse: Wiktionary
  9. coarse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. coarse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. coarse: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. coarse: Dictionary.com
  13. coarse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. coarse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Coarse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Coarse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. coarse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. coarse: Rhymezone
  19. coarse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. coarse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. coarse: FreeDictionary.org
  22. coarse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. coarse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. coarse: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. coarse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. coarse: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coarse: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coarse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. coarse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. coarse: Sound Alike Words
  3. coarse: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. COARSE: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. coarse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. coarse: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See coarsely as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  With a rough texture; not smooth.
adjective:  Composed of large particles.
adjective:  Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
adjective:  (archaic, of a metal) Unrefined.
adjective:  Of inferior quality.

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