abradant
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a·brad·ant
(ə-brād′nt)n.
An abrasive.
adj.
Abrasive.
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| Noun | 1. |  abradant - a substance that abrades or wears downmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" 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 |
| 2. |  abradant - a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishingabrading 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 tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
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