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erratics

erratics is the plural of erratic.

Meaning of erratic

Noun

erratic (plural erratics)

  1. A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
    • The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 372
    Synonyms:
    dropstone
  2. Anything that has erratic characteristics.

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Phrases with erratics

Questions about erratics

What is erratics the plural of?
Erratics is the plural of erratic.

Words near erratics in the dictionary

  1. erraticities
  2. erraticity
  3. erratick
  4. erraticke
  5. erraticness
  6. erratics
  7. erration
  8. errations
  9. erratique
  10. erratum
  11. erraunt

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