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Spell Bee Word: erosion


Basic Details

Word: Erosion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The slow wearing away of soil, rock or land by water, wind or ice.

Synonyms: wearing away

How to Spell Erosion

Syllables: e - ro - sion

Tricky part: There is only one r. The end is sion, because the word comes from erode.

Watch out for: errosion, erotion, erosian

Memory tip: Erode becomes erosion just as explode becomes explosion: drop the de and add sion.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Planting trees on hill slopes helps stop soil erosion.

Example 2: The sea has eaten away part of the beach near our village through erosion.

Example 3: Wind erosion slowly shaped the strange rocks in the desert.

Fun Fact

Majuli in Assam, one of the largest river islands in the world, has lost a large part of its land to erosion by the Brahmaputra.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

errosion

a) o
b) e
c) r
d) s

Show answer

c) r. Erode has a single r, and so does erosion.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sedimant
b) erosion
c) landslyde
d) glaceir

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b) erosion. Geography words sediment, landslide and glacier have each been spelt wrongly in this list.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

snoiero

a) ironies
b) version
c) emotion
d) erosion

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d) erosion. Two o's, one s and no t or m: that is erosion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these causes erosion?

a) running water
b) a sleeping cat
c) a lit candle
d) a closed book

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a) running water

2. Which phrase means nearly the same as erosion?

a) slow wearing away
b) sudden freezing
c) heavy flooding
d) quick building up

Show answer

a) slow wearing away

Associated Words

conspiracybackfieldliteracybristleportrait
unbrokencontagiousamusementconstantsenseless

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