emery
/ˈɛm(ə)ɹi//ˈɛməɹi/
emery noun: an impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
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Noun
emery (usually uncountable, plural emeries)
- An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery, but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
Verb
emery (third-person singular simple present emeries, present participle emerying, simple past and past participle emeried)
Proper noun capitalized: Emery
Emery
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
- An unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
- An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
- A ghost town in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
- A minor city in Hanson County, South Dakota.
- A town in Emery County, Utah.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
- Synonym of Humbermede, Toronto, Canada.
emery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
emery in Hindi
- mineral
- एमरी emrī
emery in Tamil
- எமரி, குருவிந்தம், குருந்தக் கல், குருந்தக்கல், இரும்பு, சிலிக்கா
emery in Marathi
- एमेरी, एमरी, एमेरीला
emery in Urdu
- ریگ مال
More languagesFewer languages
- emery in Bengali
- এমেরি, ইমেরি, এমেরির কাছে
- emery in Telugu
- ఎమెరీ, ఎమేరీ, ఎమరీ
- emery in Malayalam
- ഇരുമ്പുപൊടി
- emery in Kannada
- ಎಮೆರಿ, ಎಮರಿ, ಎಮಿರಿ
- emery in Punjabi
- ਐਮੀਰੀ, ਐਮਰੀ
- emery in Gujarati
- રેખમાળ rekhmāḷ
- emery in Odia
- ଏମେରି, ଏମେରୀ
- emery in Nepali
- एमेरी, एमरी, इमेरी
- emery in Tagalog
- esmeril
- emery in Arabic
- سُنْبَاذَج sunbāḏaj
- emery in Thai
- กากกะรุน gàak-gà-run, กากรุน gàak-run
- emery in Vietnamese
- đá nhám
Synonyms of emery
Forms of emery
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | emeries |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | emeries |
| present participle | emerying |
| past participle | emeried |
| past | emeried |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Amery |
| alternative form | Amory |
| alternative form | Emory |
Origin of emery
From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.
From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).
Words formed from emery
Phrases with emery
Questions about emery
- What does emery mean?
- Emery means an impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- What is emery in Hindi?
- Emery in Hindi is एमरी (emrī). See Emery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emery?
- Emery can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce emery?
- Emery is pronounced /ˈɛməɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of emery?
- The plural of emery is emeries.
Words near emery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emery (page history and authors); Emery (page history and authors); emery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emery (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emery (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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