denudation

Questions about denudation

What does denudation mean?

denudation means "the removal of covering".

How many syllables are in denudation?

denudation has 5 syllables: de-nu-da-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for denudation?

Close synonyms include stripping, uncovering, baring, husking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denudation a common word?

denudation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.