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Meaning of abrasion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/

Definitions

  1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An act of abrasiveness.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
    countable, uncountable
  5. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
    countable, uncountable
  7. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
    countable, uncountable

Translations

Examples

“The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.”
“The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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