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EMERY PAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does emery paper mean?
• EMERY PAPER (noun)
The noun EMERY PAPER has 1 sense:
1. stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
Familiarity information: EMERY PAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
emery paper; sandpaper
Hypernyms ("emery paper" is a kind of...):
abradant; abrasive; abrasive material (a substance that abrades or wears down)
Meronyms (substance of "emery paper"):
emery (a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper))
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