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Collocations for grain - noun

1. seeds of wheat, etc.

ADJECTIVE

large, small
whole
The journal reports that eating whole grains protects against diabetes.
cereal, rice, wheat, etc.
pollen

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VERB + grain

grow, produce
store

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grain + NOUN

harvest, production, yield
crop
exports, imports
elevator (= a building used for storing grain)

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2. natural pattern of lines in wood

ADJECTIVE

fine, smooth
coarse
natural
This wood has a beautiful natural grain.
wood

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PREPOSITION

across the grain, against the grain
along the grain, with the grain
Cut the wood along the grain.

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