Emery

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  • noun. A fine-grained impure corundum used for grinding and polishing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A granular mineral substance belonging to the species corundum, which when pure consists of alumina with slight traces of various metallic oxids.
  • To coat or cover with emery, as in making emery-cloth, emery-paper, or the like.
  • To rub or polish with emery or with emery-paper, emery-cloth, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under corundum.
  • noun. cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.
  • noun. cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
    • cross-reference
    corn emery  
    Equivalent
    emery paper  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mineral  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Emory  memory  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abrasive  aquamarine  asbestos  beryl  carbuncle  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aluminum oxide  auto polish  colcothar  corundum  crocus  
    variant
    corundum  
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