abrasive

Meanings

Plural: abrasives

Noun

• a substance that abrades or wears down
• A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
• Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

Adjective Satellite

• causing abrasion
• sharply disagreeable; rigorous
  • "an abrasive character"

Adj

• Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
• Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.

Synonyms

abradant, abrasive material, cutting, harsh, scratchy

Related Words

abrasion

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