Meaning & use
smoothening
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Making something smooth or removing roughness, bumps, or irregularities from a surface.
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The workers spent the afternoon smoothening the freshly poured concrete.
The lotion promises a smoothening effect on rough, dry skin.
A note on using this word
"Smoothening" is widely used in Indian English and some technical or marketing contexts, though "smoothing" remains the standard form in most varieties of English.
Words with a similar meaning
smoothingleveling
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Words with an opposite meaning
roughening
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