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SANDPAPER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand

Synonyms:

emery paper; sandpaper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sandpaper" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "sandpaper"):

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

Derivation:

sandpaper (rub with sandpaper)

sandpapery (having the abrasive texture of sandpaper)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rub with sandpaper

Example:

sandpaper the wooden surface

Synonyms:

sand; sandpaper

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sandpaper" is one way to...):

smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sandpaper"):

rough-sand (sand roughly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sandpaper (stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand)

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