OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 211

abrasion

/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrasión • raedura • rasión
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
abrasión • erosión
The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
abrasión • rasguño • raspadura
A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
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