If the trees on that hill are cut down, you'll see erosion pretty quickly.
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Erosion
//əˈɹoʊʒən//
Synonyms for "erosion" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
85 translations across 41 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- эро́зія noun (the result of having being eroded)
Breton
1 entries- krignerezh noun (the result of having being eroded)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ерозия noun (the result of having being eroded)
- ерозия noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- разяждане noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Catalan
3 entries- erosió noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosió noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosió noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 侵蝕 /侵蚀 noun (the result of having being eroded)
- 磨蝕 /磨蚀 noun (the result of having being eroded)
Czech
1 entries- eroze noun (the result of having being eroded)
Danish
4 entries- afslidning noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosion noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosion noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosion noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Dutch
2 entries- erosie noun (the result of having being eroded)
- tanderosie noun (in dentistry)
Esperanto
2 entries- erozio noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erozio noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Finnish
4 entries- eroosio noun (the result of having being eroded)
- eroosio noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- eroosio noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- kuluminen noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
French
4 entries- érosion noun (the result of having being eroded)
- érosion noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- érosion noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- érosion noun ((medicine))
Friulian
1 entries- erosion noun (the result of having being eroded)
Georgian
1 entries- ეროზია noun (the result of having being eroded)
German
4 entries- Erosion noun (the result of having being eroded)
- Erosion noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- Erosion noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- Erosion noun (in dentistry)
Greek
1 entries- αποσάθρωση noun (the result of having being eroded)
Hungarian
3 entries- erózió noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erózió noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erózió noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Irish
1 entries- líomhadh noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
Italian
1 entries- erosione noun (the result of having being eroded)
Japanese
1 entries- 浸食 noun (the result of having being eroded)
Kapampangan
1 entries- banlik noun (the result of having being eroded)
Kazakh
1 entries- мүжілу noun (the result of having being eroded)
Korean
1 entries- 부식 noun (the result of having being eroded)
Latvian
2 entries- erozija noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erozija noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
Macedonian
1 entries- ерозија noun (the result of having being eroded)
Māori
1 entries- ngāhorohoro noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- erosjon noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosjon noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosjon noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- erosjon noun (in dentistry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- erosjon noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosjon noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosjon noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- erosjon noun (in dentistry)
Persian
1 entries- اروزیون noun ((medicine))
Polish
3 entries- erozja noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erozja noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erozja noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Portuguese
3 entries- erosão noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosão noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosão noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Romanian
3 entries- erodare noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- eroziune noun (the result of having being eroded)
- eroziune noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
Russian
1 entries- эро́зия noun (the result of having being eroded)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- erozija noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erozija noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erozija noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
- odron noun (the result of having being eroded)
Slovak
1 entries- erózia noun (the result of having being eroded)
Spanish
3 entries- erosión noun (the result of having being eroded)
- erosión noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- erosión noun (destruction by abrasive action of fluids)
Swedish
1 entries- erosion noun (the result of having being eroded)
Tagalog
3 entries- pagkapudpod noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- sapudpod noun (the changing of a surface by mechanical action)
- us-os noun (the result of having being eroded)
Turkish
1 entries- erozyon noun ((medicine))
Ukrainian
1 entries- еро́зія noun (the result of having being eroded)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xói mòn noun (the result of having being eroded)
Welsh
1 entries- erydiad noun (the result of having being eroded)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Because of erosion, the trail is rocky and deep.
Source: tatoeba (2354253)
Plants in the environment help slow down the process of erosion.
Source: tatoeba (2406788)
The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion.
Source: tatoeba (2764393)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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