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Abrasive   /əbrˈeɪsɪv/   Listen
Abrasive

noun
1.
A substance that abrades or wears down.  Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material.



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"Abrasive" Quotes from Famous Books



... wasteful heretofore. Rocket flame equipment allows cutting along the natural cleavage planes, or crystal boundaries—hence cuts stone thin without danger of cracking and, in addition, produces a fine finish that cannot be obtained when cutting by steel or abrasive tools. ...
— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics
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... get a chance. Once up, you have to stay up; for it is most decidedly not safe to go home after dark. The tropical night in the highlands is quite chilly. Branches seem to be quite as cramping and abrasive under the equator as in the temperate zones. Still, it is ...
— The Land of Footprints • Stewart Edward White
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Words linked to "Abrasive" :   emery paper, sandpaper, carborundum, material, steel wool, emery cloth, wire wool, stuff, abradant, rough, abrasiveness, disagreeable, unsmooth, abrasive material, abrade


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