Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abrasive.
- adjective Abrasive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abrading; having the property or quality of scraping.
- noun A material used for grinding, such as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
material used forgrinding , asemery ,sand ,powdered glass , etc.; anabrasive . - adjective Tending to
abrade ; causing irritation;abrasive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
- noun a substance that abrades or wears down
Etymologies
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abrade + -ant
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