| Pronunciation: | | `denyû'deyshun
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[n] the removal of covering |
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DENUDATION is a 10 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | baring, husking, stripping, uncovering |
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| | See Also: | | cornhusking, deforestation, disforestation, remotion, removal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F.
d['e]nudation.]
1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the
surface; a making bare.
2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of
the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal
of them by the action of running water.
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