abrasion C2 Topic:Places & Geography US /əˈbreɪ.ʒən/ UK /əˈbreɪ.ʒən/ See IPA manual Freq #38385 Meanings 1 noun an area of skin scraped or worn away by friction The fall left a shallow abrasion on her knee. 2 noun the process of scraping, rubbing, or wearing a surface away by friction Wind-driven sand caused abrasion of the exposed rock. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an area of skin scraped or... grazescrape 2 noun · the process of scraping,... attritionwearerosion Word family Forms abrasions Derived forms abrasionaldermabrasionmicroabrasion Related forms abradefrictionerosionlaceration Etymology From French abrasion and Medieval Latin abrasio ("a scraping"), from Latin abradere ("to scrape off"), formed from ab- ("away") + radere ("to scrape"). Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # abrasion **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈbreɪ.ʒən/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈbreɪ.ʒən/ **Frequency rank:** 38385 ## Meanings 1. an area of skin scraped or worn away by friction 2. the process of scraping, rubbing, or wearing a surface away by friction ## Examples - The fall left a shallow abrasion on her knee. - Wind-driven sand caused abrasion of the exposed rock. ## Synonyms - graze - scrape - attrition - wear ## Derived Forms - abrasional - dermabrasion - microabrasion ## Related Forms - abrade - friction - erosion - laceration ## Etymology From French abrasion and Medieval Latin abrasio ("a scraping"), from Latin abradere ("to scrape off"), formed from ab- ("away") + radere ("to scrape"). ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown