🌊 Can wear away 💔 Can weaken

erodable

5.8

Land that water or wind can wear away

adjective
/ɪˈroʊdəbl/

Specialized

: erodible

Over time, the riverbank became erodable due to constant exposure to heavy rains.

Examples

Unlike the other villages (Figure 2) along this stretch of coast, the Kamiali villagers have refrained from planting food gardens on their steep, erodable hills.

Academic text (2007)
Readily erodable shales have been strongly dissected into a heavily rolling topography.

Academic text (2004)
The beach is made up of soft sand that is highly erodable by the strong waves and winds.
The construction project was delayed because the team discovered that the soil was very erodable.

Synonyms

erodible

vserodable

Specialized

1 6.8

Something that water, wind, or chemicals can wear away

focuses only on wearing away by natural forces such as water and wind

abradable

vserodable

Specialized

8.8

Wears away when rubbed

is worn away by natural forces like water or wind rather than friction

Antonyms

durable

58 3.6

Able to last a long time without breaking or being damaged

How Erodable

erodable

Specialized

5.8

resistant

8 3.7

Surface Forms

erodable positive

Morphology

erodable = erode (transparent) = erode + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'erode' meaning 'able to be eroded' with a direct, physical reading.

Etymology

Erodable comes from Latin parts e- 'out' and rodere 'to gnaw', giving the picture of wind or water slowly 'gnawing' away rock or soil, so we call cliffs or fields that can be worn away 'erodable'.