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Gastronomic > Dictionary of organoleptic terms > Abrasive

Abrasive

Abrasive: adj. and nm An abrasive is a material that wears, cleans, polishes by friction.
Emery (*), scouring powders are abrasives.
A cocktail, an abrasive wine. (See Astringent).

(*) See Emery under Slang of mouth.

Quote from the American writer Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) in Hollywood: “Sarah and I received our glass of wine, and we tried to drink it. He was downright abrasive. There is nothing worse than a bad red wine, except a bad white wine that you...

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