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abrasiveness Definition


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abrasive
adj
    1. Said of a material: capable of wearing away the surface of skin, wood, etc by rubbing and scraping.
      Thesaurus: sharpening, cutting, eroding, grinding, rough.
    2. Said of a material: used to smooth or polish another surface by rubbing.
    3. Relating to the process of abrasion.
    4. Said of people or their actions: likely to offend others by being harsh and rude.
      Thesaurus: irritating, annoying, disturbing, caustic, harsh, grating, rude, brash, insensitive, tactless, hard to live with.
noun
    1. Any hard material, such as sandpaper, pumice or emery, that is used to wear away the surface of other materials, usually in order to smooth or shape them.
      Thesaurus: grinder, sander, file, grater, sharpener, cutter, millstone, grindstone, whetstone.
Derivative: abrasively
adverb
    Derivative: abrasiveness
    noun
      Etymology: 19c: see abrade.



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