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abrasives

abrasives is the plural of abrasive.

Meaning of abrasive

Noun

abrasive (plural abrasives)

  1. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
  2. Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

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Questions about abrasives

What is abrasives the plural of?
Abrasives is the plural of abrasive.

Words near abrasives in the dictionary

  1. abrasive paper
  2. abrasive papers
  3. abrasively
  4. abrasiveness
  5. abrasivenesses
  6. abrasives
  7. abrasivities
  8. abrasivity
  9. abrasor
  10. abrasors
  11. abrastol

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