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Synonyms for burnish

Synonyms for burnish: polish and buff. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for burnish

Interchangeable with burnish in this sense

Audited under burnish's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one burnish carries in that sense.

polishverb, in the sense "to polish a surface, especially metal, by rubbing"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name burnish as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

buffbuff is a verb in the sense "polish and make shiny"

one of these comes from burnish's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsMaterials

to polish a surface, especially metal, by rubbing

The silversmith would burnish each ring until it gleamed like glass.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

polish

Same sentence, swapped: The silversmith would polish each ring until it gleamed like glass.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where burnish turns up in the game

burnish is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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Closest first: other materials words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ingotnounbara block of metal cast into a convenient shape for storage or transportFoothillsHas a reason line spliceverbjointo join two ends of material together to form a continuous lengthFoothillsHas a reason line stuffnounmaterialthe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical objectFoothillsHas a reason line syntheticadjectivemanmademade by chemical or industrial process rather than occurring naturallyFoothillsHas a reason line tightlyadverbdenselyclosely and firmly packed together, with little space between partsTreelineHas a reason line toughenverbannealto make glass or metal less liable to break, especially through heat treatmentHigh CampHas a reason line throughadjectivedonehaving finished or arrived at completionFoothills throwverbgiveconvey or communicateFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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