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offscraping

offscraping noun: the detachment and accumulation of sediments from the subducting oceanic plate onto the overriding plate.

Noun

offscraping (countable and uncountable, plural offscrapings)

  1. The detachment and accumulation of sediments from the subducting oceanic plate onto the overriding plate.

Forms of offscraping

pluraloffscrapings

Questions about offscraping

What does offscraping mean?
Offscraping means the detachment and accumulation of sediments from the subducting oceanic plate onto the overriding plate.
What part of speech is offscraping?
Offscraping is a noun.
What is the plural of offscraping?
The plural of offscraping is offscrapings.

Words near offscraping in the dictionary

  1. offscour
  2. offscoured
  3. offscouring
  4. offscourings
  5. offscours
  6. offscraping
  7. offscreen
  8. offscreened
  9. offscreening
  10. offscreens
  11. offscum

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