detrition

Other forms of detrition

plural

detritions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about detrition

What does detrition mean?

detrition means "erosion by friction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in detrition?

detrition has 4 syllables: de-tri-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for detrition?

Close synonyms include abrasion, attrition, corrasion, grinding, abrasion. 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 detrition a common word?

detrition is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.