abradant

a·brad·ant  (-brdnt)

n.

An abrasive.

adj.

Abrasive.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abradant - a substance that abrades or wears down abrasive, abrasive material material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" carborundum - an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals steel wool, wire wool - a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive emery cloth - cloth covered with powdered emery emery paper, sandpaper - stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
	2.	abradant - a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing abrader abrading stone - a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader steel-wool pad - abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation