abrasion

abrasion is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
2. noun. The substance rubbed off.
3. noun. A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
4. noun. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

   Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding

5. noun. erosion by friction

   Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition

6. noun. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

   Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch

Synonyms

attrition, detrition, grinding, corrasion, excoriation, scrape, scratch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in abrasion:

sorabian

Common word forms

abrasions

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