erosion

[US]/ɪˈrəʊʒn/
[UK]/ɪˈroʊʒn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. corrosion, abrasion

Phrases & Collocations

coastal erosion

soil erosion

erosion control

riverbank erosion

weathering and erosion

wind erosion

erosion resistance

water erosion

cavitation erosion

cervical erosion

erosion rate

gully erosion

erosion surface

spark erosion

rill erosion

accelerated erosion

beach erosion

mechanical erosion

Example Sentences

the erosion of support for the party.

afforestation for erosion control

erosion of the beach; progressive erosion of confidence in our legal system; erosion of the value of the dollar abroad.

gradual erosion; a gradual slope.

seacoast erosion; seacoast villages.

shorefront erosion; shorefront cottages.

Great erosion deformed the landscape.

Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.

the detection rates of Dental Erosion and nasal conchae thickeni.

The contribution of groyne height reduction to counteracting unwanted erosion is then considered a favourable incidental circumstance.

Based on isostasy principle, this paper made out a correction method for the calculation of disconformity erosion amount.

Foam like secretion in the sucker of the tapeworm scolices and erosion of the epithelium in the cervical part were ...

Photo Gallery: Erosion and Weathering Wind erosion makes these layered sandstone hills swirl in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area.

Wuguan marine erosion physiognomy has important geognosy significance in the study of structural movement and the changes in sea level in period of Holocene Epoch.

The arithmetic of erosion to delete burr and thinning was carried out for image processing and counting of bar steel rankly on the transmission bench before bounded.

When the wind erosion cycle was inlaid in soil, its surface was at the same horizontal level with the ground, and it could prevent the effect of local microtopography on the process of wind erosion.

PA seccotine has strong oil resistance, acid resistance and alkali resistance, with which can protect the printing machine from the erosion of fountain solution.

Real-world Examples

It is a huge job to control Yellow River erosion.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

El Nino storms are speeding up erosion along California's coast.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

She and other area farmers began planting acacia trees to help reduce soil erosion.

Source: VOA Special November 2019 Collection

These cuts will speed the erosion of American supremacy in research.

Source: The Economist - Technology

We have severe erosion, Nunn says.

Source: Time

However, as sea levels rose, erosion reshaped the coast.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

And in Kerala, India, sea walls have actually led to worsening coastal erosion.

Source: Vox opinion

They did so though while doing little to stop the erosion of available aid.

Source: New question types for the CET-6 (College English Test Band 6).

They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

But one oyster reef has cut coastal erosion there in half over five years.

Source: BBC English Unlocked

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