Synonyms

emery wheel

American

noun

grinding wheel.

emery wheel British

noun

a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles

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Etymology

Origin of emery wheel

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.

From Time Magazine Archive

His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Asked how the emery wheel business was now, the General admitted: "Not so good."

From Time Magazine Archive

Foote, a mineralogist, when cutting a section of this meteorite, found the tools injured by something vastly harder than metallic iron, and an emery wheel used for grinding it was ruined.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The chasers are sharpened by grinding the face on an ordinary grindstone or emery wheel.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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