abrasive

Meanings

Adjective

• Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
• Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation.

Noun

• A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
• Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

Origin

• abrase + -ive