Polishing

a. & n.

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a. & n. from Polish. Polishing iron an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. Polishing slate a - A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals b - A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. Polishing snake a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. Polishing wheel a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

Noun

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polishing - the work of making something shine by polishing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living" Synonyms: shining

polish, shine, shining, shoeshine, smooth, smoothen, work

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