abrasive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.

noun

A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

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abrasive more abrasive most abrasive abrasives

From Medieval Latin abrāsīvus

cutting

abrasion

abrasive blasting abrasive disc abrasively abrasiveness abrasive paper airbrasive dermabrasive microabrasive nonabrasive non-abrasive unabrasive

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