polishers
Tools for gleaming
Polishers are people or tools that polish—that make surfaces smooth and shiny through rubbing or buffing.
A floor polisher is a machine; a shoe polisher is a person or a cloth.
The polishers worked through the night to get the marble gleaming.
Figuratively, polishers refine and improve: editors as polishers of rough prose.
Friction-based shine work
- sandingFriction-smoothing a surface
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- lappingFine abrasive finishing process
- finishingBringing to completion
deburring · smoothing · honing · abrasive · grit · emery · compound · rotary
Skilled manual tradesperson
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- workmanshipSkill in creating objects
technique · expertise · meticulous · detailing · restoration · refinishing · lapidary · watchmaking
Shine or annotation
- lusterSoft reflected light
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- gleamFaint reflected light
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
sparkle · sheen · brightness · glimmer · shimmer · brilliance · reflectivity · glossiness
buffing
Friction-based shine work
- sandingFriction-smoothing a surface
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- lappingFine abrasive finishing process
finishing · deburring · smoothing · honing · abrasive · grit · emery · compound · rotary · orbital
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
workmanship · technique · expertise · meticulous · detailing · restoration · refinishing · lapidary · watchmaking · silversmithing
gloss
Shine or annotation
radiance · sparkle · sheen · brightness · glimmer · shimmer · brilliance · reflectivity · glossiness · patina
metal
Hard conductive solid
marble · granite · concrete · resin · acrylic · fiberglass · aluminum · brass · copper · stainless-steel
buffer
Protective intermediate space
mandrel · tumbler · vibratory · handheld · electric · pneumatic
- cleanerscleaner, cleaners, maids, maid, detergent
- cleaning thingscleaners, washers, scrubbers, wipers, dusters
- industrial workersfactory workers, assembly workers, laborers, maintenance crews, maintenance crew
- motorized machinespower tools, power saws, blenders, fans, vacuums
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- coin makersstampers, engravers, designers
polishersscratchers
Instant lottery tickets
tarnishers · abrasives · etchers · sandblasters · defacers
- polished offFinished completely, rapidly
- too polished
- polished surfacesSmoothed reflective exteriors
- polished nailsLacquered fingertip coverings
- polished stoneStone made smooth, lustrous
- polished up