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Meanings of sandpaper in English

Russian
наждачная бумага
Portuguese
lixa
Catalan
paper de vidre
Spanish
papel de lija
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Abrasive material used for smoothing softer materials.

наждачная бумага
Portuguese
lixa
Catalan
paper de vidre

Stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand.

lixa
Synonyms
Examples for "glasspaper"
Examples for "glasspaper"
1
I can't understand where 'e gets all the glasspaper FROM.'
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
2
He even went to the length of occasionally buying a few sheets of glasspaper with his own money, as Crass had told Hunter.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
3
'I'll give 'im glasspaper!
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Portuguese
arear
Catalan
escatar
Spanish
lijar

Rub with sandpaper.

arear
Usage of sandpaper in English
1
Finally, you'll need to take to the case with some fine-grit sandpaper.
Wired
2
He struck the match too heavily against the sandpaper, and broke it.
Man and Wife
3
The back is then glued on and the outside smoothed with sandpaper.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
4
Scrape off all the surplus glue and sandpaper all the parts well.
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
5
It took them 10 years to make sandpaper and make it well.
Wired
6
Don't take that particular sore out and rub sandpaper on it now.
The illuminatus! trilogy
7
He felt as if his entire body had been rubbed with sandpaper.
Avalon
8
First sandpaper all the wood, then apply a coat of thin enamel.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
9
Finish smooth with fine sandpaper, then apply the stain you like best.
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 2
10
The Clutch Climbing Brush includes sandpaper and a stow-away nail clipper compartment.
Climbing Magazine
11
Bancroft was filmed using sandpaper to scuff the ball in Cape Town.
The South African
12
He happily went off to Haberman's Hardware for some sandpaper and paint.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
13
I'd have to take it off with sandpaper and repair the carvings.
Side Jobs
14
I shrugged, and shoved the sandpaper into a pocket of my dungarees.
The sailcloth shroud
15
Morgan scratched the side of his cheek, two-day stubble sounding like sandpaper.
John Dies at the End
16
Why should sandpaper be used to smooth commutator instead of emery cloth?
The Traveling Engineers' Association to Improve the Locomotive E...
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Translations for sandpaper
Portuguese
lixaplainaarear
Sandpaper through the time
Sandpaper across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common