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CORRASION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("corrasion" is a kind of...):
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
Derivation:
corrade (wear away)