abrasive

abrasive
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. & n. —adj. rough, frictional; unpleasant. —n. grinder; sandpaper, corundum, etc. See discourtesy, friction.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Causing abrasion]
Syn. grinding, sharpening, cutting, abrading, abradant, rasping, rough, harsh, coarse, scratchy, sandpapery; see also rough 1 .
2. [Aggressively annoying]
Syn. irritating, grating, caustic; see disturbing , harsh 1 .
n.
Syn. sharpener, cutter, grinder, grindstone, scarifier, polisher, grater, rasp, file, millstone, sander, sandpaper, sharpening stone, whetstone, brush.
Types of abrasives include: file, sandstone, pumice, carborundum (trademark for silicon carbide), corundum, diamond, emery, emery cloth, emery paper, oil stone, chalk, salt, sanddust, sandpaper, shagreen, steel wool, tripoli.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
a.
1. annoying irritating, cutting, nasty, saber-tongued, acid-tongued, galling, hurtful, biting, sarcastic.
2. scraping scratching, chafing, grating, eroding, grinding, grating, scouring, wearing, rough, coarse, rasping.
ANT.: 1. conciliatory, soothing. 2. smooth
II
n.
abradent, scourer, scraper, polisher, burnisher, buffer.
WORD FIND
• course corundum: emery
• dark, granular mineral used in grinding, polishing: aluminum oxide, corundum
• jewelry and metal polisher made of ferric oxide: rouge
• knife-sharpening stone: whetstone
• manicuring stick: emery board
• metal-polishing limestone: rottenstone
• polishing powder made of chert or lime-stone: tripoli
• rough carpenter’s paper: sandpaper
• rough file used on wood: rasp
• volcanic rock used for scouring, smoothing: pumice

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