sandpaper's Usage Examples:

abrade the surface using a dry sandpaper, rubbing in the direction of the grain.

Fine grit sandpaper - You need to purchase 220 grit sandpaper in order to make sure your floors are smooth to the touch and any marks left by previous sanding are gone.

sandpaper covered branches.

Compounds are coarse polishes which use aluminum oxide as an abrasive agent, the most severe of which is like liquid sandpaper.

Kiera settled at an uncomfortable angle, the sandpapery red roofing snagging her polyester disco clothing and preventing her from sliding over the nearby edge of the three-story row house.

The hardware store had a wide variety of abrasives, like sandpaper, in stock.

A sore throat and a raised, sandpaper-like rash over much of the body are accompanied by fever and sluggishness (lethargy).

attach sandpaper to the head of an industrial weight sledgehammer.

The loose carbon (burnt wood) was removed using a kitchen scouring pad rather than sandpaper.

A final light rub over with a smooth sandpaper finishes off the carving of the trough.

Quartz is a valuable grinding and polishing material, and is used for making sandpaper and scouring-soap.

Chrissie Hynde, on the other hand, is the sandpaper of the veggie movement, the carborundum stone, the nutmeg grater.

Synonyms:

emery paper, abrasive material, abrasive, emery, abradant,

Antonyms:

unironed, coarse, nonslippery, agreeable, smooth,