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denudement

denudement noun: the process of denuding or stripping bare.

Noun

denudement (usually uncountable, plural denudements)

  1. (usually) The process of denuding or stripping bare.
    • The hill sides, however, have been abused by over-intensive farming, bad land use, and reckless denudement. The soil has been butchered; erosion runs rampant.1954, University of Chicago. Dept. of Geography, Research Paper (issues 38-41, page 173)

Forms of denudement

pluraldenudements

Origin of denudement

From denude + -ment.

Questions about denudement

What does denudement mean?
Denudement means the process of denuding or stripping bare.
What part of speech is denudement?
Denudement is a noun.
What is the plural of denudement?
The plural of denudement is denudements.

Words near denudement in the dictionary

  1. denudations
  2. denudative
  3. denudatory
  4. denude
  5. denuded
  6. denudement
  7. denudements
  8. denuder
  9. denuders
  10. denudes
  11. denuding

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