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SANDPAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sandpaper mean?
• SANDPAPER (noun)
The noun SANDPAPER has 1 sense:
1. stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
Familiarity information: SANDPAPER used as a noun is very rare.
• SANDPAPER (verb)
The verb SANDPAPER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SANDPAPER used as a verb 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 ("sandpaper" is a kind of...):
abradant; abrasive; abrasive material (a substance that abrades or wears down)
Meronyms (substance of "sandpaper"):
emery (a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper))
Derivation:
sandpaper (rub with sandpaper)
sandpapery (having the abrasive texture of sandpaper)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: sandpapered
Past participle: sandpapered
-ing form: sandpapering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rub with sandpaper
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
sand; sandpaper
Context example:
sandpaper the wooden surface
Hypernyms (to "sandpaper" is one way to...):
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sandpaper"):
rough-sand (sand roughly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sandpaper (stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand)
Context examples
The harsh dry tongue grated like sandpaper against his cheek.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The researchers gathered data on how Gary and two other birds land on different surfaces, including natural perches and artificial perches covered in foam, sandpaper and Teflon.
(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)
After numbing the skin, a doctor removes the top layer of skin using sandpaper or a brush or burr (small file) that spins at a high speed.
(Dermabrasion, NCI Dictionary)
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