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say it: i-ROH-zhuhn
erosion is a noun meaning "(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)". It carries 4 recorded senses.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
geology
condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
a gradual decline of something
“after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors”
erosion by chemical action
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for erosion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.