sanded

Treated with coarse paper

Sanded describes a surface that has been smoothed or abraded with sandpaper or a similar abrasive: The sanded floors were ready for staining.

It can also mean covered with sand: sanded icy roads.

The past tense of sand follows the same pattern—to sand wood is to smooth it; to sand a walkway is to spread grit on it.

woodworking

smoothed

Made surface uniform

finished · carpentry · joinery · cabinetmaking · furniture · veneer · millwork · refinished · stripped · prepped

surface

smoothed

Made surface uniform

abraded · scuffed · rubbed · worn · buffed · prepped · roughened · keyed · feathered · blended

finishes

primed

Made ready beforehand

lacquered · oiled · waxed · painted · coated · refinished · restored · stripped · prepped · undercoated

texture

gritty

Coarse or courageous

grainy · rough · scratchy · abrasive · powdery · fine · medium · dusty · residue · particles

beach

dunes

Wind-formed sand ridges

covered · windswept · eroded · shifted · deposited · silted

Categories
Opposites
surface treatment process

sandedunsanded

Not abraded smooth

unfinished · untreated · raw · rough-cut · unprocessed

surface texture result

sandedrough

Uneven in surface

coarse · splintery · unsmoothed · textured · jagged

Phrases
Family

sand, sandy, sands, sandbox, sanding, sandpaper, sandbar, sandbank, sandstorm

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G