Dictionary

abrader en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈbɹeɪ.dɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From abrade + -er.

Meanings

1. Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading.
   • 1856, H. A. Dewar, Actuating Mechanism for Rotating Tools, Patent dated 1 March, 1856, in The Practical Mechanic’s Journal, Volume I, p. 232, […] provision is made for the attachment thereto of various operating tools, such, for example, as drills, saws, grindstones, polishers, and cutters, or abraders or shapers of various kinds.
   • In the fabric section, a textile twisting and tearing machine and a "Lissajou curve" [sic] abrader (covering a complete area in overlapping curves) are supplemented by apparatus for evaluating waterproofness, fibre diameter and light-fastness. 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77:
   • 2012, G. Domokos and G. W. Gibbons, “The evolution of pebble size and shape in space and time,” arXiv:1109.5707 [physics.geo-ph], p. 2, The physical assumption underlying Firey’s model is that the abraded particle (pebble) undergoes a series of small collisions with a very large, smooth abrader, and this might be the case when pebbles are carried by a fast river and collied repeatedly with the riverbed […]
2. Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading. ▸ A primitive artifact made of sandstone used for smoothing, sharpening, or shaping.
   • 1993, Nan McNutt and Marilyn Jesmain, Passages: An Archaeology Timeline of Southeast Alaska, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region, 5,000 years ago the people of Southeast Alaska began grinding bone on a sandy stone called an abrader to form the desired shape and sharpness.
3. Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading. ▸ A surgical instrument used to abrade bone or other tissue.
   • a cartilage abrader; a corneal abrader

Forms

Deriveds

dermabrader

Relateds

abraser

Translations (3)

nl schuurwerktuig (tool or machine for abrading) · nl schuurmachine (tool or machine for abrading) · pt abrasor (tool or machine for abrading)