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abrasive meaning in Punjabi

ਘ੍ਰਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ

US/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/

abrasive in Punjabi: ਘ੍ਰਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ. In English, abrasive means producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.

Punjabi words for abrasive

ਘ੍ਰਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ

English meaning of abrasive

  1. adjective Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
  2. adjective Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
  3. noun A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
  4. noun Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

Full definition of abrasive

abrasive in a sentence

  • An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
  • Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.

Synonyms of abrasive

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Questions about abrasive in Punjabi

What is the meaning of abrasive in Punjabi?
Abrasive in Punjabi is ਘ੍ਰਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ.
abrasive ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Abrasive: ਘ੍ਰਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ.
What does abrasive mean in English?
Abrasive means producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.

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Punjabi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “abrasive”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: abrasive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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