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Carborundum in a sentence

Carborundum meaning

Alternative letter-case form of carborundum.

Synonyms of Carborundum

abrasive abradant abrasive material

Related words

Other words often associated with Carborundum or its synonyms:

stuff material harsh scratchy tool disagreeable rough

Using Carborundum

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative letter-case form of carborundum.
  • Useful related words include: abrasive, abradant, abrasive material.
  • In the example corpus, carborundum often appears in combinations such as: on carborundum.

Context around Carborundum

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

stone 1× silicon 1×

Sentence patterns with Carborundum

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

on a carborundum stone at 1× sulfide or carborundum silicon carbide 1× temperature on carborundum he had 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an echoppe point 1× these detectors were 1× while studying the 1×

Common sentence endings:

60 degree angle 1× in graphitic carbon 1× suddenly started working 1×

Words around Carborundum

Just before it in the word index:

carboranes 2 carboplatin 4 carboot 2 carbonyls 3 carbonyl 61 carbons 44

Just after it in the word index:

carbothermic 2 carboxy 5 carboxyhemoglobin 2 carboxyl 26 carboxylase 4 carboxylases 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Carborundum

  • In this selection, "carborundum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, stone and silicon stand out and add context to how "carborundum" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include on a carborundum stone at and sulfide or carborundum silicon carbide. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "carborundum" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with carborundum

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

An "echoppe" point can be made from an ordinary tempered steel etching needle, by grinding the point back on a carborundum stone, at a 45–60 degree angle. (28 words)

While studying the effects of high temperature on carborundum, he had found that silicon vaporizes at about 4,150 °C (7,500 °F), leaving the carbon behind in graphitic carbon. (30 words)

These detectors were somewhat troublesome, however, requiring the operator to move a small tungsten filament (the whisker) around the surface of a galena (lead sulfide) or carborundum (silicon carbide) crystal until it suddenly started working. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

These detectors were somewhat troublesome, however, requiring the operator to move a small tungsten filament (the whisker) around the surface of a galena (lead sulfide) or carborundum (silicon carbide) crystal until it suddenly started working. (35 words)

While studying the effects of high temperature on carborundum, he had found that silicon vaporizes at about 4,150 °C (7,500 °F), leaving the carbon behind in graphitic carbon. (30 words)

An "echoppe" point can be made from an ordinary tempered steel etching needle, by grinding the point back on a carborundum stone, at a 45–60 degree angle. (28 words)

Example sentences (3)

An "echoppe" point can be made from an ordinary tempered steel etching needle, by grinding the point back on a carborundum stone, at a 45–60 degree angle.

These detectors were somewhat troublesome, however, requiring the operator to move a small tungsten filament (the whisker) around the surface of a galena (lead sulfide) or carborundum (silicon carbide) crystal until it suddenly started working.

While studying the effects of high temperature on carborundum, he had found that silicon vaporizes at about 4,150 °C (7,500 °F), leaving the carbon behind in graphitic carbon.

Common combinations with carborundum

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • on carborundum 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "carborundum" in a sentence?
An example: "An "echoppe" point can be made from an ordinary tempered steel etching needle, by grinding the point back on a carborundum stone, at a 45–60 degree angle." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "carborundum" from authentic English texts.
What does "carborundum" mean?
Carborundum means: Alternative letter-case form of carborundum.
What are synonyms of "carborundum"?
Common synonyms of "carborundum" include: abrasive, abradant, abrasive material.
How many example sentences with "carborundum" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "carborundum", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.