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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scoriation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sco-ri-a-tion
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.

noun

An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."

noun

aphetic form of excoriation

Example Sentences

Etymology

The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.

Inflected Forms

scoriations (plural)

Questions

What does scoriation mean?
A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
Where does scoriation come from?
The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.

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