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DENUDATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does denudation mean?
• DENUDATION (noun)
The noun DENUDATION has 1 sense:
1. the removal of covering
Familiarity information: DENUDATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The removal of covering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering
Hypernyms ("denudation" is a kind of...):
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "denudation"):
deforestation; disforestation (the removal of trees)
cornhusking (the act of removing the husks from ears of corn)
Derivation:
denude (lay bare)
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