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Abrasive   /əbrˈeɪsɪv/   Listen
Abrasive

adjective
1.
Causing abrasion.  Synonym: scratchy.
2.
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous.  Synonym: harsh.  "An abrasive character"



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"Abrasive" Quotes from Famous Books



... prepared consists of beautiful purplish-black crystals, which are very hard. Carborundum is used as an abrasive, that is, as a material for grinding and polishing very hard substances. Ferrosilicon is a silicide of iron alloyed with an excess of iron, which finds extensive use in the manufacture ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson



Words linked to "Abrasive" :   harsh, material, emery cloth, scratchy, emery paper, carborundum, disagreeable, wire wool, abrade, rough, stuff, steel wool, sandpaper, unsmooth, abrasiveness



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