superfine

/'sju:pə'fain/

Thân thiện

The baker sifts superfine sugar onto a freshly baked cake.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of exceptionally high quality or grade: Used to describe merchandise, materials, or goods that are of superior fineness, purity, or excellence.
   • Excessively delicate or refined: Describing something that is overly subtle, nuanced, or sophisticated, sometimes to the point of being affected.
   • Of extremely fine texture, size, or grain: Referring to particles, powders, or materials that are ground, woven, or produced to an exceptionally small or smooth degree.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The tailor used superfine wool for the suit, making it incredibly soft and luxurious.
  • Her superfine taste in art made her dismiss anything that wasn't avant-garde.
  • This superfine sugar dissolves instantly in cold liquids, unlike regular granulated sugar.
  • The jeweler used a superfine file to smooth the intricate details of the silver pendant.

Advanced Usage

• "Superfine" in commerce: Often used as a marketing or grading term to denote the highest quality tier of a product, such as fabrics, powders, or foods.
  • The label guarantees that this is superfine merino wool.
• "Superfine" as a critique: Can imply excessive or unnecessary refinement, carrying a slightly negative connotation of being pretentious.
  • His superfine distinctions in the argument seemed more pedantic than helpful.

Variants and Related Words

• Superfineness (n): The state or quality of being superfine.
  • The superfineness of the flour is crucial for this pastry recipe.

Synonyms

• Superior: Of higher quality.
• Exquisite: Extremely beautiful and delicate.
• Ultrafine: Extremely fine in texture or size.
• Overrefined: Refined to an excessive degree.

Antonyms

• Coarse: Rough or loose in texture or grain.
• Inferior: Of lower quality.
• Unrefined: Not refined; crude.

Related Phrases

• Superfine quality: A phrase emphasizing the exceptional grade of an item.
  • These brushes are known for their superfine quality bristles.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality
   • made of superfine Flemish cloth
2. excessively delicate or refined
3. of extremely fine size or texture
   • superfine sugar
   • a superfine file

Từ đồng nghĩa

• overrefined