EMERY PAPER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand

Synonyms:

emery paper; sandpaper

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("emery paper" is a kind of...):

abradant; abrasive; abrasive material (a substance that abrades or wears down)

Meronyms (substance of "emery paper"):

emery (a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper))

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