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— English words —

• erosion n. (Uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
• erosion n. (Uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
• erosion n. (Uncountable, figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
• erosion n. (Uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
• erosion n. (Mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing…
• erosion n. (Dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
• erosion n. (Medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
• erosion n. (Mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Basque
  • erosion v. Informal second-person singular feminine (hik), taking third-person singular (hari)as indirect object…
• Friulian
  • erosion n. Erosion.
• Galician
  • erosión n. Erosion.
• Interlingua
  • erosion n. Erosion (shallow lesion or ulceration).

— English word, defined in French —

• erosion n. (Géologie) Érosion.

— In German —

• Erosion S. Geologie: zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche…
• Erosion S. Zahnmedizin: zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche…
• Erosion S. Medizin: Haut- oder Schleimhautveränderung, bei der die Oberhaut…
• Erosion S. Technik: Verschleiß von metallischen Oberflächen durch Abrieb…
• Erosion S. Figurativ: die langsame Verringerung von etwas Abstraktem…

— In French —

• érosion n.f. (Géologie) Ensemble des phénomènes mécaniques et chimiques…
• érosion n.f. (Sens figuré) Dégradation progressive.
• érosion n.f. (En particulier) (Maçonnerie) Perte de la surface originelle…
• érosion n.f. (Vieilli) Action d’une substance qui en attaque une autre…

— In Spanish —

• erosión s. Proceso de desgaste de superficie terrestre por fuerzas externas…

85 English words from 12 English definitions

abrasive action as␣a␣result as␣a␣result␣of away bacteriogenic basic been changing chemical cliff cliff␣face contraction denoted Dentistry Destruction due due␣to enamel epithelial eroded Erosion expansion face feminine figurative fluids friction fundamental glacier gradual having image image␣processing impact indirect indirect␣object Informal involving lesion loss Mathematics mechanical Medicine morphological morphology non object of␣a of␣an One ongoing operation operations person process processes processing result rock sea second second␣person second-person␣singular see shallow singular skin something surface taking the thermal third third␣person third-person␣singular tissue tooth tooth␣enamel two ulceration Uncountable usually worn worn␣away

11 English words from 11 foreign definitions

Action dem der des die Ensemble Haut progressive Sens substance surface

1 foreign word from 12 English definitions

hik

46 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

Abrieb Abstraktem attaque autre bei chimiques Dégradation de␣la desgaste durch En␣particulier Érosion etwas externas Figurativ figuré fuerzas Géologie langsame Maçonnerie mécaniques Medizin metallischen Oberfläche Oberflächen oder originelle particulier Perte phénomènes por Proceso Prozess qui Sens␣figuré superficie Technik terrestre une une␣autre Verringerung Verschleiß Vieilli von Zahnmedizin zerstörerischer

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

erosions erosional erosionally erosionproof

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

bioerosional nonerosional microerosions trademark␣erosions

13 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

bioerosion nonerosion antierosion rill␣erosion microerosion sheet␣erosion circumerosion electroerosion macrobioerosion microbioerosion phonetic␣erosion trademark␣erosion accelerated␣erosion

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eros Eros EROS ion Ion -ion OSI Ros ROS sion Sion -sion

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

iso ISO iso- NOI NOIs OIs OIS ore Ore ORE öre øre Ore. sor Sor sore

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Reinoso

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

coersion erosions evorsion ionomers iron␣ores moonrise neo-noirs nidorose ozoniser poisoner prionose Reinosos robinose rolonies rooineks snoopier snootier snoozier sonorize Sorokine spoonier Tenorios

24 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Ireson irones Isonoe Nerios noiers Nooris nooser nories Norose nosier oneiro- Orions orison Orsino Roneos rosein senior Senior Serino seroin seroon sonero sooner Sooner

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

erasion grosion

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