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suffossion

suffossion noun: internal erosion by liquid percolating through clay, sand, or silt.

Noun

suffossion (plural suffossions)

  1. Internal erosion by liquid percolating through clay, sand, or silt.

Forms of suffossion

pluralsuffossions

Origin of suffossion

From Latin suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum (“to dig under”), from sub (“under”) + fodere (“to dig”).

Questions about suffossion

What does suffossion mean?
Suffossion means internal erosion by liquid percolating through clay, sand, or silt.
What part of speech is suffossion?
Suffossion is a noun.
What is the plural of suffossion?
The plural of suffossion is suffossions.

Words near suffossion in the dictionary

  1. suffonsified
  2. suffonsify
  3. sufformative
  4. sufformatives
  5. suffosion
  6. suffossion
  7. suffossions
  8. suffragan
  9. suffragans
  10. suffraganship
  11. suffraganships

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