eroding

Other forms of eroding

plural

erodings·

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 eroding

What does eroding mean?

eroding means "(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)".

How many syllables are in eroding?

eroding has 3 syllables: e-ro-ding. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ɪˈɹoʊdɪŋ/.

What is another word for eroding?

Close synonyms include erosion, eating away, wearing, wearing away. 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 eroding a common word?

eroding is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eroding?

1 word rhymes with eroding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.