Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #541 of 1319

erosion (n.)

gradual wearing away

Examples

  • Soil erosion.

Key rules

  • Erosion is the gradual wearing away of land by water or wind
  • Soil erosion, coastal erosion
  • Erosion is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • The erosion of soil are serious → Soil erosion is serious
💡 Tip: Geography // Farming // Coastlines
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