sandpaper

/ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/

sandpaper noun: strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

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Noun

sandpaper (usually uncountable, plural sandpapers)

(usually) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.
- Near-synonym: emery paper
- They like to finish it off with a piece of 600-grit sandpaper before cleaning and painting.
Synonyms:

sanding paper, emery paper
(countable, usually) A sheet of such paper.
- I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.

Verb

sandpaper (third-person singular simple present sandpapers, present participle sandpapering, simple past and past participle sandpapered)

(transitive) To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.

Synonyms:

sand, sand down

sandpaper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

sandpaper in Hindi

paper coated with abrasive material: रेगमाल regmāl

sandpaper in Tamil

உப்புத்தாள், பட்டைச் சீலை, அரத்தாள்

sandpaper in Urdu

paper coated with abrasive material: ریگ مال reg māl

sandpaper in Bengali

paper coated with abrasive material: শিরিষ-কাগজ śiriś-kagoj

More languagesFewer languages

sandpaper in Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪುಕಾಗದ, ತರಿತರಿಯಾದ ಕಾಗದ, ಮರಳುಕಾಗದ, ಮರಳುಹಾಳೆ
sandpaper in Gujarati: રેતિયો કાગળ retiyo kāgaḷ
sandpaper in Assamese: পালিচ কাগজ palis kagoz, চিৰিচ কাগজ siris kagoz
sandpaper in Tagalog: liha
sandpaper in Arabic: وَرَق زُجَاج waraq zujāj
sandpaper in Malay: ampelas, kertas lelas
sandpaper in Indonesian: ampelas, kertas abrasif
sandpaper in Thai: กระดาษทราย grà-dàat-saai
sandpaper in Vietnamese: giấy nhám

Examples of sandpaper in a sentence

We just wanted to take off a few thou, which we easily did with fine sandpaper.
The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Frankly, this wood's so strong that sandpaper won't touch it.

All 15 example sentences with sandpaper

Synonyms of sandpaper

Forms of sandpaper

Noun
plural	sandpapers
Verb
third-person singular present	sandpapers
present participle	sandpapering
past participle	sandpapered
past	sandpapered

Origin of sandpaper

From sand + paper.

Words formed from sandpaper

Questions about sandpaper

What does sandpaper mean?: Sandpaper means strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.
What is sandpaper in Hindi?: Sandpaper in Hindi is रेगमाल (regmāl). See Sandpaper meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sandpaper?: Sandpaper can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sandpaper?: Sandpaper is pronounced /ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of sandpaper?: The plural of sandpaper is sandpapers.

Words near sandpaper in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: sandpaper (page history and authors); sandpaper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sandpaper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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