noun (technical)
1 [C] a damaged area of the skin where it has been rubbed against sth hard and rough:
He suffered cuts and abrasions to the face.
2 [U] damage to a surface caused by rubbing sth very hard against it:
Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for abrasion is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does abrasion appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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