erection
noun
the act of erecting.
erections
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pluralof erection.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A few decades earlier, Chicago homebuilders began using a technique called “balloon-frame construction,” replacing cumbersome erections of beams and joists with rapidly built skeletons of precut lumber and nails.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2018
On the plus side, some men report improved erections when their high cholesterol was treated with statins, said Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of the department of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
For instance, some men become impotent after surgery for prostate or rectal cancer because the nerves that regulate erections, which run through the rectum and prostate into the centre of the penis, can get damaged.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
That is convincing evidence that the birds' erections are controlled by the lymph system, the researchers say.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2011
The surrounding buildings are not now, as in many cathedral cities, the residences of Dean and Canons, quaint and mediaeval, with stone mullioned windows and ivy-covered walls, but modern erections, shops, and warehouses, and hotels.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Rev. Thomas Perkins
