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sandpaperlike

adj

Etymology

From sandpaper + -like.

  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”
  7. suffixed as sandpaperlike — “sandpaper + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper

    Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.

    • At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles.

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