powder emery
11emery paper — noun stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand • Syn: ↑sandpaper • Derivationally related forms: ↑sandpapery (for: ↑sandpaper), ↑sandpaper (for: ↑sandpaper) …
12emery wheel — noun a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding • Syn: ↑grinding wheel • Hypernyms: ↑wheel • Part Holonyms: ↑grinder * * * noun : a wheel made of consolidated emery powder or having a surface of emery and used especially for… …
13emery bag — noun see emery I, 3 * * * emery bag noun A bag of emery powder for cleaning and sharpening needles • • • Main Entry: ↑emery * * * emery bag, a small bag or case filled with emery, used for keeping needles bright and clean …
14emery — n. 1 a coarse rock of corundum and magnetite or haematite used for polishing metal or other hard materials. 2 (attrib.) covered with emery. Phrases and idioms: emery board a strip of thin wood or board coated with emery or another abrasive, used… …
15emery disk — a paper or resin dental disk with emery powder attached to its surface …
16emery cloth — n. cloth or fabric covered with emery powder …
17emery — noun (plural emeries) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French esmeril, from Old Italian smiriglio, from Medieval Latin smiriglum, from Greek smyrid , smyris Date: 15th century a dark granular mineral that consists of …
18Emery — Alan E. H., Contemporary British physician. See E. Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. * * * em·ery em (ə )rē n, pl em·er·ies often attrib a dark granular mineral that consists essentially of corundum and is used for grinding and polishing also a hard… …
19emery — An abrasive containing aluminum oxide and iron. [O.Fr. emeri, fr. L.L. smericulum, fr. G. smiris] * * * em·ery em (ə )rē n, pl em·er·ies often attrib a dark granular mineral that consists essentially of corundum and is used for grinding and… …
20emery — em·er·y || emÉ™rɪ n. powder used for grinding and polishing …
