sandblast

[sand-blast, -blahst]

noun

1. a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.

2. the apparatus used to apply such a blast.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to clean, smooth, etc., with a sandblast.

sandblast

/ ˈsændˌblɑːst /

noun

1. a jet of sand or grit blown from a nozzle under air, water, or steam pressure

verb

1. to clean, grind, or decorate (a surface) with a sandblast

Other Word Forms

• sandblaster noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sandblast¹

First recorded in 1870–75; sand + blast

Example Sentences

It doesn’t get any pettier and mean-girlie than “Did she sandblast her face or something? It’s very waxy.”

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Bright and bloody, sandblasted and sunworn, it has the visual crispness of the first and doesn’t bear the strange desaturated look of some of the director’s recent work.

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“Are you sandblasting them? … Those are important pieces of things to know about future missions.”

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But the threat never disappeared, afflicting workers who were sandblasting denim and tombstones and toiling in mines.

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Once through the machine, one of the final products is a gritty powder, mostly glass, that can be sold for use as a sandblasting material.

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