sandpaper

From sand +‎ paper.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/

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sandpaper (usually uncountable, plural sandpapers)

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

   Synonym: sanding paper

   Hypernym: abrasive

   Coordinate terms: emery cloth; emery board

   Near-synonym: emery paper

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

2. (countable) A sheet of such paper.

   I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.

• liquid sandpaper
• sandpapery

sandpaper (third-person singular simple present sandpapers, present participle sandpapering, simple past and past participle sandpapered)

1. (transitive) To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.

   Synonyms: sand, sand down

   Coordinate terms: buff, buff out

• sandpapered nails