abrasive material

Other forms: abrasive materials

Definitions of abrasive material
  1. noun
    a substance that abrades or wears down
    synonyms: abradant, abrasive
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    carborundum
    an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
    steel wool, wire wool
    a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
    emery cloth
    cloth covered with powdered emery
    emery paper, sandpaper
    stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
    type of:
    material, stuff
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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