| NOUN | substance | abrasive, abradant, abrasive material | a substance that abrades or wears down |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJECTIVE | all | abrasive, scratchy | causing abrasion |
| all | abrasive, harsh | sharply disagreeable |
| Sounds | ahbrey'sihv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Causing abrasion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | scratchy | |
| Broader | rough, unsmooth | Having or caused by an irregular surface |
| Spanish | abrasivo | |
| Catalan | abrasiu | |
| Nouns | abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| abrasiveness | the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | |
| Verbs | abrade | wear away |
| abrade | rub hard or scrub | |
| Meaning | sharply disagreeable; rigorous. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an abrasive character" | |
| Synonym | harsh | |
| Broader | disagreeable | not to your liking |
| Nouns | abrasiveness | the quality of being sharply disagreeable |
| Meaning | A substance that abrades or wears down. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | abradant, abrasive material | |
| Narrower | carborundum | An abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals |
| emery cloth | cloth covered with powdered emery | |
| emery paper, sandpaper | Stiff paper coated / coated with powdered emery or sand | |
| steel wool, wire wool | A mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive | |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
| Spanish | abrasivo, material abrasivo | |
| Catalan | abrasiu | |
| Adjectives | abrasive | causing abrasion |
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