hard-surface
to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
Origin of hard-surface
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How to use hard-surface in a sentence
He was practical, testing his beliefs against the hard surface of circumstance and history.
Full Text of President Obama's Eulogy for Nelson Mandela | The Daily Beast | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe model had already been subject to recall in 2009 for firing when dropped on a hard surface.
Then the little Asiatics, without further orders, bent to their task and the big cage rolled out to the hard surface.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyNext moment I was aware of a horrid thud, and a fierce blow against some hard surface.
The White Man's Foot | Grant AllenFirst wash the clams to remove the sand, and then place a clam on a hard surface so that the pointed edge is up.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
He felt himself lying on a smooth hard surface, and heard the humming stop and be succeeded by a complete silence.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousFor an instant faint twitches broke her face's hard surface, but it tightened again.
To Him That Hath | Leroy Scott
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