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erosion

English

  1. 🔊 (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
  2. 🔊 a gradual decline of something
    “after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors”
  3. 🔊 condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
  4. 🔊 erosion by chemical action

Spanish

  1. 🔊 acartonamiento erosion
  2. 🔊 erosión erosion

Similar words

corrosion corroding eroding eating away wearing wearing away ablation abrading abrasion abrasive absorption abstraction assimilation atomization attrition breakup buffing burning up burnishing chafe chafing consumption corroding corrosion