polish
verb (used with object)
to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction.
polisher
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a word derived from
polish.
Example Sentences
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India - cutter and polisher of 90% of the world's rough diamonds - last month asked global miners to stop selling it rough gems for two months to manage accumulated stocks.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023
In “A Grand, Grand Overture,” four gunners were cast as the nemeses of the piece’s star soloists: three vacuum cleaners and a floor polisher.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
He had been a coffin polisher and swimsuit model before a quick rise to movie stardom in the most popular spy franchise of all time.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2020
She uses sugar and acid the way a silversmith uses a polisher: They only enhance what is already there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
But I still go from entrance to entrance, banging and yelling, hoping that Mr. Kennedy is close enough to one of them to hear me over the roar of the polisher.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
