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ABRADER

Dictionary entry overview: What does abrader mean?

• ABRADER (noun)
The noun ABRADER has 1 sense:

1. a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing

Familiarity information: ABRADER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABRADER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

abrader; abradant

Hypernyms ("abrader" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abrader"):

abrading stone (a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader)

steel-wool pad (abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing)

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