ABRASIVE MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abrasive material mean? 

• ABRASIVE MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun ABRASIVE MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. a substance that abrades or wears down

  Familiarity information: ABRASIVE MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABRASIVE MATERIAL (noun)

Meaning:

A substance that abrades or wears down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

abradant; abrasive; abrasive material

Hypernyms ("abrasive material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

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

carborundum (an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals)

steel wool; wire wool (a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive)

emery cloth (cloth covered with powdered emery)

emery paper; sandpaper (stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand)