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sandpaper

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

sand=pa=per

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sandpaper has 1 sense

sandpaper(n = noun.substance) emery paper - stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand; Array

is a kind of abradant, abrasive, abrasive material

Derived forms verb sandpaper₁, adjective sandpapery₁

Verb sandpaper has 1 sense

sandpaper(v = verb.contact) sand - rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface"

is one way to smooth, smoothen

Derived form noun sandpaper₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sandpaper, n.

Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing. [1913 Webster]

sandpaper, v. t.

To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sandpaper, n. paper with sand or another abrasive stuck to it for smoothing or polishing.

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THESAURUS

sandpaper

broken ground, broken water, buff, burnish, chop, corduroy, corduroy road, corrugation, dress, emery, file, furbish, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, grind, horripilation, lop, polish, pumice, ripple, rough, rub up, sand, sandblast, shine, smooth, washboard

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