sandblast

A noun referring to a blast or gust of wind that carries sand, often occurring in deserts or coastal areas.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um jato ou rajada de vento carregado de areia, comum em desertos ou zonas costeiras; também se refere ao ato de limpar ou desgastar superfícies com areia projetada sob pressão.

1. Sand-laden wind blast C1 formal

   A strong gust of wind that carries sand, often occurring in deserts or coastal areas.

   • The sandblast from the desert storm made it impossible to see.
   • They took shelter from the intense sandblast behind a dune.
   • The ancient ruins were eroded by centuries of sandblasts.

   🇵🇹Tempestade de areia

• sandblasts plural form
• sandblasts' possessive plural form
• sandblast's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to clean, smooth, or engrave a surface by blasting it with sand or other abrasive material under high pressure.

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa limpar, alisar ou gravar uma superfície aplicando jato de areia ou outro material abrasivo sob alta pressão.

1. Clean or shape with sand B2 formal

   To clean, smooth, or carve a surface by shooting a stream of sand or other abrasive material at it using high-pressure air.

   • The workers sandblasted the old paint off the building's exterior.
   • He sandblasted the metal railing to remove the rust.
   • They sandblasted the stone to reveal its original texture.

   🇵🇹Jatear com areia

   Sinônimos: abrade

• sandblasted past participle
• sandblasted past simple
• sandblasting present participle
• sandblasts third person singular