Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

    Near-synonym: emery paper

    They like to finish it off with a piece of 600-grit sandpaper before cleaning and painting.

    Schleifpapier, Schmirgelpapier, Sandpapier

    нажда́чная бума́гаnaždáčnaja bumága, нажда́чкаnaždáčka, шку́ркаškúrka

    нажда́чний папі́рnaždáčnyj papír

    stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand

  2. (countable, usually)A sheet of such paper.

    I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.

    Schleifpapierbogen

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Examples

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  1. Why do cats' tongues feel like sandpaper?

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  2. Cats' tongues feel like sandpaper.

    deKatzenzungen fühlen sich an wie Sandpapier.

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  3. This is sandpaper.

    ruЭто наждачная бумага.

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  4. This toilet paper is like sandpaper.

    ruЭта туалетная бумага как наждачка.

    deDas Toilettenpapier hier ist wie Schleifpapier.

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  5. This toilet paper feels like sandpaper.

    ruЭта туалетная бумага на ощупь как наждачная.

    deDas Toilettenpapier hier fühlt sich wie Schleifpapier an.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
paper coated with abrasive material:
Русский
By meaning 2
paper coated with abrasive material:
a sheet:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
paper coated with abrasive material:
a sheet:

Origin

From sand + paper.

From sand + paper.

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Forms

plural: sandpapers
Singularsandpaper
Pluralsandpapers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
emery papersanding paper
Close in meaning
  • stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand:emery paper

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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