emery

Meanings

1. An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

1. To sand or polish with emery.
2. To coat with emery.

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
4. A place in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
6. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
7. An unincorporated community in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
8. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
9. A ghost town in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
10. A minor city in Hanson County, South Dakota.
11. A town in Emery County, Utah.
12. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

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