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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

/ ˈ²õæ²Ô»åËŒ²ú±ôɑ˲õ³Ù /

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

  • ˈ²õ²¹²Ô»åËŒ²ú±ô²¹²õ³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ²¹²Ô»åb±ô²¹²õ³Ùe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sandblast1

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

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

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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.â€

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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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