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noun
The diminution of wealth, etc., such as through unanticipated expenditure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
The wearing away of surface material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Corrading (erosion by abrasion) caused by such as: wind-blown or water-borne sand, stream-borne or glacier-borne stones, or collisions between stones under the influence of seaside breakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
erosion by friction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
History
Ultimately from Latin corrasus, past participle of corradere (“to scrape together”), itself from cor- (“form of con- (“together”)”) + radere (“to scratch, scrape”).
