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- Dictionaryabrasion/əˈbreɪʒn/
noun
- 1. the process of scraping or wearing something away: "the metal is resistant to abrasion" Similar
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Abrasion is the process of rubbing away the surface of something, or a place where the surface has been rubbed away. Learn more about abrasion in geology, engineering and medicine, and see examples and synonyms.
Abrasion is a noun that means a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction, or an abraded area of the skin or mucous membrane. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and medical and kids definitions.
Abrasion is the process or result of rubbing away the surface of something, such as rock, skin, or metal. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and related words of abrasion from Cambridge Dictionary.
Abrasion definition: a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading. See examples of ABRASION used in a sentence.
An abrasion is a scrape. An abrasion can happen to a person, as in a skinned knee, or to an object, as in what you get when you apply sandpaper to wood. The noun abrasion comes to us from the Latin abradere, which means “scrape away” or “shave off.”.
Abrasion is a noun that means a scraped area or spot, or the process of scraping or wearing down by friction. Learn more about its word origin, usage, and related terms from Collins English Dictionary.
Abrasion is a damaged area of the skin or a surface caused by rubbing something hard against it. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish abrasion from irony with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
