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Basalt vs Emery - What's the difference?

basalt | emery |

As a noun basalt

is basalt.

As a proper noun emery is

.

basalt

English

(wikipedia basalt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • A type of unglazed pottery.

    • Derived terms

    * basaltic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    emery

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
  • * 1884 , Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
    • It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery', but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of ' emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.

    Derived terms

    * emery bag * emery board * emery cloth * emerise, emerize * emery paper

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