ABRADANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abradant mean? 

• ABRADANT (noun)
  The noun ABRADANT has 2 senses:

1. a substance that abrades or wears down

2. a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing

  Familiarity information: ABRADANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABRADANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that abrades or wears down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

abradant; abrasive; abrasive material

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

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abradant"):

carborundum (an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals)

steel wool; wire wool (a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive)

emery cloth (cloth covered with powdered emery)

emery paper; sandpaper (stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand)

Derivation:

abrade (wear away)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

abradant; abrader

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

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abradant"):

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)

Derivation:

abrade (wear away)