grinding

Noun
  1. Material resulting from the process of grinding (synset 109317622)
    "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"
    is a type of: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  2. A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) (synset 107398944)
    is a type of: noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  3. The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice (synset 111480462)
    is a type of: friction, rubbing - the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
    same as: abrasion, attrition, detrition

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