different between abrader vs abrades

English

Etymology

abrade +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?.d?/

Noun

abrader (plural abraders)

1. Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading. [First attested in the mid-19^th century.]
   • 1856, H. A. Dewar, Actuating Mechanism for Rotating Tools, Patent dated 1 March, 1856, in The Practical Mechanic’s Journal, Volume I, p. 232,^[1]

     […] 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.

   • 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,^[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 […]

   1. (archaeology) 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,^[3]

        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.

   2. (medicine) A surgical instrument used to abrade bone or other tissue.

      a cartilage abrader; a corneal abrader

Derived terms

• dermabrader

Related terms

• abraser

Translations

Anagrams

• Barreda

English

Verb

abrades

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrade

Anagrams

• Sabedra, abrased, badarse

Latin

Verb

abr?d?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of abr?d?