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abrader

/əˈbɹeɪ.dɚ/ US

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From abrade + -er.

noun abraders

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 abrad
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.
A surgical instrument used to abrade bone or other tissue. a cartilage abrader; a corneal abrader

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noun tool or machine for abrading

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@misc{abrader_2026,
  title = {abrader},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abrader},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}