sandpaper
Strong paper coated with sand or manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or…Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.
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Meaning
2 senses(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
(countable, usually)A sheet of such paper.
I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.
Schleifpapierbogen
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Examples
13 sentencesWhy do cats' tongues feel like sandpaper?
Cats' tongues feel like sandpaper.
deKatzenzungen fühlen sich an wie Sandpapier.
This is sandpaper.
ruЭто наждачная бумага.
This toilet paper is like sandpaper.
ruЭта туалетная бумага как наждачка.
deDas Toilettenpapier hier ist wie Schleifpapier.
This toilet paper feels like sandpaper.
ruЭта туалетная бумага на ощупь как наждачная.
deDas Toilettenpapier hier fühlt sich wie Schleifpapier an.
Translations
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Origin
From sand + paper.From sand + paper.
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Forms
plural: sandpapers| Singular | sandpaper |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand:emery paper
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable