Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

Showing results for denudation. Search instead for denidation.

Synonyms

denudation

American

[den-yoo-dey-shuhn, dee-noo-, -nyoo-] / ˌdɛn jʊˈdeɪ ʃən, ˌdi nʊ-, -njʊ- /

noun

the act of denuding.
the state of being denuded.
Geology. the exposing or laying bare of rock by erosive processes.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of denudation

1575–85; < Late Latin dēnūdātiōn- (stem of dēnūdātiō ), equivalent to Latin dēnūdāt ( us ) ( see denudate) + -iōn- -ion

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.