sandpaperlike
English
Etymology
sandpaper + -like
Adjective
sandpaperlike (comparative more sandpaperlike, superlative most sandpaperlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.
- 2009 May 3, Christopher Gray, “Fidel Castro Slept Here”, in New York Times:
- At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles.
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Synonyms
- sandpaperish
- sandpapery