1) Abrasive 2) Causing abrasion 3) Caustic, harsh 4) Coarse 5) Emery 6) Emery or Pumice 7) Eschewing politesse 8) French word used in English 9) Hardened 10) Harsh 11) Irritating 12) Like pumice 13) Like sandpaper 14) Not at all gentle 15) Pumice 16) Rigorous 17) Rough 18) Rubbing the wrong way 19) Scratchy
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A very hard, brittle, heat-resistant substance that is used to grind the edges or rough surfaces of an object. boron carbide, diamond, and corundum are abrasives.
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• (a.) Producing abrasion.
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sharp, hard material used to wear away the surface of softer, less resistant materials. Included within the term are both natural and synthetic ... [8 related articles]
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A hard and wear-resistant material that is used to wear, grind or cut away other material.
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A hard and wear-resistant material that is used to wear, grind or cut away other material.
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A product that works by abrasion or scouring action
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involves using abrasive tools, needle guns, discs and cones, all of which basically involve dressing back the surface of the stone. See stone cleaning.
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1. Causing abrasion. ... 2. Any material used to produce abrasions. ... 3. A substance used in dentistry for abrading, grinding, or polishing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(ә-bra´siv) causing abrasion. an agent that produces abrasion.
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A product that works by abrasion or scouring action
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Hard, tough material used to smooth out rough surfaces; a common abrasive is sandpaper.
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Hard, tough material used to smooth out rough surfaces; a common abrasive is sandpaper.
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Ab·ra'sive adjective Producing abrasion.
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abrasive 1. Causing abrasion. 2. A substance used for abrading, grinding, or polishing.
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A substance capable of grinding away another material.
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Material for grinding, polishing, blasting, either in loose form or bonded to form wheels, bricks, or files, or applied to paper and cloth by glue or resin. Natural abrasives include emery, corundum, garnet, sand, flint, etc. Metallic shot and grit are also used as abrasives in cleaning castings.
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Natural sandstone,emery,corundum,diamonds, or Artificial silicon carbide,aluminum oxide material used for making grinding wheels,andpaper,abrasive and lapping compunds.
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Any material suitable for grinding, polishing, scouring or cutting. e.g. diamond, corundum, sand, umpice.
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A very hard, brittle, heat-resistant substance that is used to grind the edges or rough surfaces of an object. Boron carbide, diamond, and corundum are abrasives.Natural Abrasivessandstone, emery, corundum, diamondsArtificial Abrasivessilicon carbide, aluminium oxide
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scratchy adjective causing abrasion
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Substance used for cutting and polishing or for removing small amounts of the surface of hard materials. There are two types: natural and artificial abrasives, and their hardness is measured using the Mohs scale. Natural abrasives include quartz, sandstone, pumice, diamond, emery, and corundum; artificial abrasives include rouge, whiting, a...
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any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
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A substance capable of grinding away another material.
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[SAT terms] sharply disagreeable, unpleasant, or harsh
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