emery

[ US /ˈɛmɝi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛməɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
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How To Use emery In A Sentence

  • These included quartz, garnet and emery which were mixed with water to make a slurry and applied with rotary tools, such as wheels and drills, as well as non-rotary files.
  • Very fine emery cloth will give quicker results, but the metal must be rubbed in only one direction, do not use a circular motion.
  • The mechanism of grinding internal gear of spherical worm emery - wheel is researched.
  • More properly the terminus is Emeryville in Oakland, and I’m more properly in Oakland, although I go across the bay to San Fran a bunch. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Zephyr to Frisco
  • Emery was estranged from his fourth wife and a remarkable and acrimonious dispute blew up between the two women.
  • Fine sand cloth or emery cloth may also be used with the same precautions.
  • The public soon learned to associate the catchphrase 'Ooh, you are awful' with the inimitable Dick Emery.
  • Please don't keep your toenails raggedy when clippers, emery boards and pumice stones are readily available.
  • Use an emery board to smooth sharp edges that could cut an adjacent toe.
  • It can polish through emery cloth wheel instead of the grinding wheel also.
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