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polishing slates

polishing slates is the plural of polishing slate.

Meaning of polishing slate

Noun

polishing slate (countable and uncountable, plural polishing slates)

  1. A mineral used for polishing glass, marble, and metals, composed chiefly of silica, with a little alumina, lime, iron oxide, and water.

Questions about polishing slates

What is polishing slates the plural of?
Polishing slates is the plural of polishing slate.

Words near polishing slates in the dictionary

  1. polishing
  2. polishing a turd
  3. polishing off
  4. polishing one's rocket
  5. polishing slate
  6. polishing slates
  7. polishing the pearl
  8. polishing up
  9. polishing up on
  10. polishings
  11. polishment

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