Plural of accretion

regular plural

The plural of accretion is accretions.

Forms of accretion

These fresh accretions of capital were immediately invested in other ventures.1910 October, Jack London, chapter XI, in Burning Daylight, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, part I, page 106
In Pure Lust Daly attempts to pare away the accretions of patriarchal ideology and reveal the fundamental elements of emerging feminist philosophy.1985 February 2, Sandra Karp, “Making Female Experience Sacred”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 12
Goebbels’s typically voracious settings represent, as one performer said in a preconcert discussion, “the accretions of centuries.”2009 January 22, James R. Oestreich, “Gertrude Stein's Texts as Songs Spoken by Instrumentalists”, in New York Times. From the entry preconcert
But this natural religion of mankind has, in every country, become encrusted over by many accretions which are artificial.1923, Joseph Shaw Bolton, Natural Religion: The Ultimate Religion of Mankind. From the entry natural religion

noun Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
noun (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
noun The process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone.

What is the plural of accretion?: The plural of accretion is accretions.
Is accretion countable?: Accretion is a countable and uncountable noun.

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