Explore Abrasion through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like attrition or grinding. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Abrasion meaning
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
Synonyms of Abrasion
Using Abrasion
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. | An act of abrasiveness. | The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
- Useful related words include: attrition, detrition, grinding, wearing away.
- In the example corpus, abrasion often appears in combinations such as: abrasion and, to abrasion, the abrasion.
Context around Abrasion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abrasion
- In this selection, "abrasion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brake, suffered, ear, dust, shock and came stand out and add context to how "abrasion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a minor abrasion on her and abrasion eventually destroys. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abrasion" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abrasion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From the outside, sun damage, moisture, abrasion and dirt assault garments. (11 words)
Abrasion or corrasion is caused by waves launching seaload at the cliff. (12 words)
The ear abrasion appeared to be consistent with a burn injury, deputies said. (13 words)
The girl had scrapes on the left side of her face and her arm, and the back of her shirt was dirty with what appeared to be abrasion holes from the pavement and gravel. (34 words)
Bedrock can also be eroded through the action of glacial plucking and abrasion and the resulting clasts of various sizes will be incorporated to the glacier's bed. (28 words)
And wait, there's more: a new study has found that air pollution from brake abrasion dust (BAD) may be as harmful as diesel exhaust. (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
With its resistance of 223 Vickers, this alloy is 50-per-cent more resistant to abrasion than conventional steels and has a unique hardness.
And wait, there's more: a new study has found that air pollution from brake abrasion dust (BAD) may be as harmful as diesel exhaust.
Other challenges resulting from overcrowding, according to Mina, include snagging, items falling down and hitting others and abrasion.
The S8 active is made with a bumper at the edges to keep it from abrasion, shock, tilting or twisting.
A statement from Liverpool read: “A hospital examination confirmed an abrasion of the eye, but there will be no lasting damage.
Nelson suffered abrasion and redness near the left eye, redness on the eyeball, pain and severe headache after the assault.
The abrasion came more from not securing my leg as well in my socket as I should have.
The ear abrasion appeared to be consistent with a burn injury, deputies said.
The employee had a minor abrasion on her left hand, but refused medical attention, police said.
The girl had scrapes on the left side of her face and her arm, and the back of her shirt was dirty with what appeared to be abrasion holes from the pavement and gravel.
Abrasion eventually destroys all parts of a plough that come into contact with the soil.
Abrasion occurs when the ice and its load of rock fragments slide over bedrock and function as sandpaper, smoothing and polishing the bedrock below.
Abrasion or corrasion is caused by waves launching seaload at the cliff.
As a gemstone set into jewelry it is vulnerable to breakage and abrasion from general wear, as its hardness and toughness are poor.
Bedrock can also be eroded through the action of glacial plucking and abrasion and the resulting clasts of various sizes will be incorporated to the glacier's bed.
Both are valued for their abrasion resistance, and hence find use in applications such as the wear plates of crushing equipment in mining operations.
Chain rode is relatively heavy but resists abrasion from coral sharp rocks or shellfish beds which may abrade a pure rope warp.
Depending on the nature of the cave, gloves are sometimes worn to protect the hands against abrasion and/or cold.
Fibre rope is more susceptible to abrasion on the seabed or obstructions, and is more likely to fail without warning.
From the outside, sun damage, moisture, abrasion and dirt assault garments.
Common combinations with abrasion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- abrasion and 7×
- to abrasion 6×
- the abrasion 4×
- abrasion from 4×
- and abrasion 3×
- an abrasion 3×
- abrasion on 3×
- from abrasion 2×
- abrasion of 2×
- abrasion or 2×