emery cloth

noun

An abrasive material, like sandpaper, made by gluing grains of emery to a cloth surface.

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Meanings

nounemery cloth (countable and uncountable, plural emery cloths)

plural emery cloths

  1. countableuncountableAn abrasive material, like sandpaper, made by gluing grains of emery to a cloth surface.

Translations

Bulgarian шкурка
  • шкурка (škurka)abrasive material
German Schleifleinen
  • Schleifleinenabrasive material
Greek σμυριδόπανο
  • σμυριδόπανο (smyridópano)abrasive material
Hebrew בַּד שָׁמִיר
  • בַּד שָׁמִיר (bad shamir)abrasive material
Irish ceirt éimir, éadach éimir
  • ceirt éimirabrasive material
  • éadach éimirabrasive material
Russian наждачная бумага
  • наждачная бумага (naždačnaja bumaga)abrasive material
Cite this entry
APA

emery cloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emery%20cloth

MLA

“emery cloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emery%20cloth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emery cloth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emery%20cloth.

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