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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to clean, grind, or decorate (a surface) with a sandblast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsandˌblaster, noun
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Other Words From

  • sandblaster noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sandblast1

First recorded in 1870–75; sand + blast
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Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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.

Repurposing these means finding new uses for them, such as selling glass to companies that do sandblasting.

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