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Synonyms for abrasive
The synonym for abrasive recorded in this bank is gritty, in the sense "rough enough to scrape or wear away a surface by friction". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for abrasive
- grittyadjective, in the sense "rough enough to scrape or wear away a surface by friction"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day abrasive is audited in a second meaning.
rough enough to scrape or wear away a surface by friction
The cleaner contained abrasive powder that scratched the glass stovetop.
The true synonym
gritty
Same sentence, swapped: The cleaner contained gritty powder that scratched the glass stovetop.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot abrasive is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- caustic
- foaming
- diluted
Where abrasive turns up in the game
abrasive is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where abrasive is the trap
- stretchyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is extensible, in the sense "able to be stretched easily", with abrasive sitting one tile away.
Play abrasive
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so abrasive reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from materials at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. abrasive carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.