Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

denudement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-nude-ment
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of denuding or stripping bare.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The hill sides, however, have been abused by over-intensive farming, bad land use, and reckless denudement. The soil has been butchered; erosion runs rampant."

Etymology

From denude + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: denude

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

denudements (plural)

Questions

What does denudement mean?: The process of denuding or stripping bare.
Where does denudement come from?: From denude + -ment.

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