| The wood is fine-grained, dense and, because of its natural color, sets off the blued parts nicely. |
| Cherry wood is chosen because it is fine-grained and yet soft enough to allow the cutting. |
| In the cuts, fine-grained layers were found, obviously brought to the sea with rivers, whose sources were situated in temperate latitudes. |
| They build up on sheltered exposures of fine-grained, porous pyrite-bearing rocks, such as shale or bituminous coal, after long dry spells. |
| But as high-quality fine-grained wood becomes increasingly expensive, fibreboard is playing a more visible role in interior design. |
| Slate is a dense, porous, fine-grained rock that has a natural, generally gray-green color. |
