sandpaper
Meanings
Plural: sandpapers
Noun
- stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
- Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.
- A sheet of such paper.
Verb
- rub with sandpaper
- "sandpaper the wooden surface"
- To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.
Origin / Etymology
From sand + paper.
Synonyms
emery paper, sand, sand down, sanding paper
Scrabble Score: 14
sandpaper is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordsandpaper is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sandpaper is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
sandpaper is a valid Words With Friends word