abrasive
English Thesaurus
1. a substance that abrades or wears down (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | material, stuff, |
definition | : | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | carborundum, |
definition | : | an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | steel wool, wire wool, |
definition | : | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | emery cloth, |
definition | : | cloth covered with powdered emery (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | emery paper, sandpaper, |
definition | : | stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand (noun.substance) |
2. sharply disagreeable; rigorous (adj.all)
similar | : | disagreeable, |
definition | : | not to your liking (adj.all) |
3. causing abrasion (adj.all)
similar | : | rough, unsmooth, |
definition | : | having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all) |
4. a substance that abrades or wears down (noun.substance)
5. sharply disagreeable; rigorous (adj.all)
derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | abrasiveness, |
definition | : | the quality of being sharply disagreeable (noun.attribute) |
6. causing abrasion (adj.all)
derivation | : | abrade, scour, |
definition | : | rub hard or scrub (verb.contact) |
7. a substance that abrades or wears down (noun.substance)
8. sharply disagreeable; rigorous (adj.all)
derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | abrasiveness, |
definition | : | the quality of being sharply disagreeable (noun.attribute) |
9. causing abrasion (adj.all)
derivation | : | abrade, scour, |
definition | : | rub hard or scrub (verb.contact) |
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