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CORRASION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corrasion mean? 

CORRASION (noun)
  The noun CORRASION has 1 sense:

1. erosion by frictionplay

  Familiarity information: CORRASION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORRASION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erosion by friction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition

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)


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