smoothness

Roget-categorie 255

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#255. Smoothness

zelfstandig naamwoord

smoothness etc. adj. — polish, gloss — lubricity, lubrication.
[smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin — velveteen, velour, velours, velumen^† — glass, ice.
slide — bowling green etc. (level) 213 — asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags.
[objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill — sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander — flat iron, sad iron — burnisher, turpentine and beeswax — polish, shoe polish.
[art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.
[person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.

werkwoord

smooth, smoothen^† — plane — file — mow, shave — level, roll — macadamize — polish, burnish, calender^†, glaze — iron, hot-press, mangle — lubricate etc. (oil) 332.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

smooth — polished etc. v. — leiodermatous^†, slick, velutinous^† — even — level etc. 213 — plane etc. (flat) 251 — sleek, glossy — silken, silky — lanate^†, downy, velvety — glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled^† — smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil — slippery as an eel — woolly etc. (feathery) 256.

uitdrukking

smooth as silk — slippery as coonshit on a pump handle — slippery as a greased pig.

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