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How to pronounce “abrasive”
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Pronunciation guide for abrasive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of abrasive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Fearless & Free: Women's Career Relaunch
People see them as abrasive, or they're bitches.
- Definition summary
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]
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How to pronounce abrasive
Fearless & Free: Women's Career Relaunch
People see them as abrasive, or they're bitches.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “abrasive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]
- Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]
- [Noun]
- A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- (geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
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