| NOUN | artifact | abrader, abradant | a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing |
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| Meaning | A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing. | |
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| Synonym | abradant | |
| Narrower | abrading stone | A primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader |
| steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing | |
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Verbs | abrade | wear away |
| abrade | rub hard or scrub | |
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