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sandpaper

noun
/ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/US

Etymology

From sand + paper.

  1. derived from πάπυρος
  2. derived from papȳrus
  3. derived from paper
  4. derived from papier
  5. inherited from paper
  6. compounded as sandpaper — “sand + paper”

Definitions

  1. Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide,…

    Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

    • Near-synonym: emery paper
    • They like to finish it off with a piece of 600-grit sandpaper before cleaning and painting.

  2. A sheet of such paper.

    • I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.

  3. To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.

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Derived

liquid sandpaper, sandpaperish, sandpaperlike, sandpapery

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sandpaper. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sandpaper. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at sandpaper

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA